Battles and Campaigns

Battle of Midway

1942, World War II

Citation Formats

General Reference

War and Military Atlas. "Battle of Midway." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://military.interactiveatlas.org/battles/battle-of-midway.

APA Style

War and Military Atlas. (n.d.). Battle of Midway. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://military.interactiveatlas.org/battles/battle-of-midway

BibTeX

@misc{warandmilitaryatlas-battle-of-midway,
  author = {War and Military Atlas},
  title = {Battle of Midway},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://military.interactiveatlas.org/battles/battle-of-midway},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Battle Type

Naval battle (carrier-based air action) 1

Year

1942 1

Location

Midway Atoll 1

Outcome

American victory 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Part Of

World War II

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: 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

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1. Wikipedia: Battle of Midway

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