Author : Richard W. Bates
Release : 1948
Genre : Midway, Battle of, 1942
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The Battle of Midway Including the Aleutian Phase, June 3 to June 14, 1942 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Battle of Midway Including the Aleutian Phase, June 3 to June 14, 1942 write by Richard W. Bates. This book was released on 1948. The Battle of Midway Including the Aleutian Phase, June 3 to June 14, 1942 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Battle of Midway, a decisive engagement of World War II in the Pacific, was also of major importance in naval history. Following the precedent set in the Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway was fundamentally an air action. Japan's objective was to extend her eastern frontiers through the seizure of the Midway Atoll, and decisively to engage the American Navy under conditions favoring Japan, with the Aleutians operation as a diversion posing a threat to Alaska. The United States intent was to end the Japanese threat to Hawaii and Japan's offensive action in that area and to reestablish the balance of naval power in the Pacific. The outstanding American naval strategical and tactical victory confirmed the Allied concept, while Japan's heavy losses forced her to adopt a defensive role and to change her fleet organization, emphasizing carriers over battleships.