Battle of Midway

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This paper discusses the Battle of Midway and Coral Sea during WWII. The author discusses the causes for the attacks, the preparations for the attacks by the countries involved and the strategies used.

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"The Pacific situation is very grave." These words were spoken by President Roosevelt to Prime Minister Winston Churchill on March 9, 1942.1 He was correct in saying this, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had passed with disastrous results for the U.S. Pacific fleet. Of the ninety-four Naval vessels at Pearl Harbor eight battleships were lost to action; three sunk, one capsized and four more heavily damaged.2 In addition three light cruisers, three destroyers, and several other light vessels were badly damaged. One hundred eighty-eight aircraft were destroyed and sixty-three damaged.3 Luck did not smile entirely on the Japanese however, as the American aircraft carriers were all at sea at the time of the attack. Also, although it's significance was not realized at the time, an additional stroke of luck for the Americans was the failure of the Japanese to destroy the repair shops and the oil tanks located on the base. Within several hours of the initial attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attacked British Malaya, Singora, Thailand, Singapore, Guam, Hong Kong, Wake and the Philippines.4 "

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