The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II fought on 4-7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Two United States Pacific Fleet carrier strike groups under Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher and Raymond Spruance decisively defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet under Isoroku Yamamoto near Midway Atoll, ending in an American victory. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Battle TypeNaval battle (carrier-based air action) 1 Battle Type
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Commanders and Forces
Isoroku Yamamoto planned and commanded the Japanese Combined Fleet at the 1942 Battle of Midway
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The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4-7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
Lead section
The Japanese Combined Fleet under the command of Isoroku Yamamoto suffered a decisive defeat by two carrier strike groups of the U.S. Pacific Fleet near Midway Atoll, about 1,300 mi (1,100 nmi; 2,100 km) northwest of Oahu.
Infobox: Date
4-7 June 1942
Infobox: location
Midway Atoll
Infobox: Result
American victory
Part Of: World War II, Infobox: part_of
the Pacific War and World War II
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