Midway Plaisance

to launch an invasion on Hawaii. The U.S through decrypting Japanese codes caught wind of the Japanese invasion and sent in 3 Aircraft Carriers, the Enterprise, the Hornet, and the Yorktown. The Japanese were unaware that there were U.S carriers at Midway and the four Japanese carriers the Soryu, Hiryu, Kaga, and Akagi would be caught by surprise. The Imperial fleet launched 108 zeros and bombers. The first wave was a failure no U.S carriers were in sight so they had no target, the Japanese had to

The Battle of Midway affected the world in many ways and how sea power would affect the Second World War. Sea power and strategy would affect the world in just a span of a couple of days during the battle of midway. We had a severe disadvantage, so we used the power of our carriers and luck to change history in a moment. McClusky and Waldron attacked miraculously at the same time and destroyed the Kido Butai. We were losing the war, and we failed on many attempts to win the battle early, but it was

took off minutes after sirens were blaring at the island of Midway. The battle in the Pacific ocean near the island of Midway turned the tide of World War II. The Battle of Midway was one of the largest and most decisive sea battles of all time. May, 1942 was when Admiral Yamamoto attempted to draw the United States into a battle that he planned on being a decisive victory for Japan. To do this, he would have to attack the island of Midway by surprise. “Sadly for Yamamoto, the Japanese code had been

of the battle. The Midway battle was a strategy for the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto. He plans to destroy midway and part of America's Pacific Fleet. Yamamoto next step was to attack Hawaii and towards the U.S. for negotiating for peace. He was dividing the force to plan the attack. Admiral Nimitz in charge uses a new Ultra intelligence that discloses the plans of Yamamoto. He prepares for the incoming attack from the Japanese's with Rear-Admiral Spruance. The first attack on Midway on 3 June, by the

The Battle of Guadalcanal The Battle of Guadalcanal was a major battle between the United States and Japan in World War 2. Guadalcanal is an island in the South Pacific Ocean. The code name for the invasion of the island by the U.S. was Operation Watchtower. The battle marked the first time since entering the war that the United States had gone on the offensive and attacked the Japanese. U.S. Marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under

The next picture is the sign and building of the Amphibious Training Base which is located on Silver Strand between the Pacific Ocean and San Diego Bay. The base  was obtained by the Navy in June 1943 as a training base for amphibious warfare. That was its purpose throughout the war. The training base became known as the home of the "Alligator Navy". This is because of all the  types of amphibious landing vehicles called "alligators". The base was taken over by the Navy after the war. The facility

December 7th 1941, a day that will live in infamy"- President FD Roosevelt Pearl Harbor was the heart of the Pacific Naval Fleet, due to the Japanese that took Pearl Harbor by surprise resulting in devastation. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor it brought upon The United States entering World War 2. For months, the Japanese planned the attack on pearl harbor, gathering highly detailed information on everything they could. They gained information about the weak points of the Battleships, where

I am Coral and I live about 5000 feet below sea level in the Coral Sea. During the week of May 4-8, 1942, the first air- sea battle in history took place as I watched from below. Japan was looking to control the Coral Sea by taking all of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands to remove all of the Allied bases between Japan and Australia. They also wished to take over and destroy the American navy’s aircraft carriers since they were not able to do so in the Battle at Pearl Harbor. On the 3rd of May,

WASHINGTON, DC – Somewhere off the Korean peninsula, two Russian TU-95 bombers were approaching the ship on Sunday, October 6th. Flying 80 miles from the US carrier, 18 US Navy fighter jets left from USS Ronald Reagan to approach these TU-95 bombers. The TU-95 bombers and our own Navy fighter jets, which remained civil, without any incident. Within the general area where the incident occurred, three US carriers were operating in the US navy’s 7th fleet area of operations. The three US carriers

The US Battleship Iowa could fire a 2700 pound armor piercing artillery shell twenty three miles. The Japanese Battleship Yamato could fire eighteen inch shells that weighed as much as a Toyota twenty five miles, although not as accurate as the Iowa. The Iowa could go 32.5 knots, or 37.4 miles per hour. The Yamato could travel 27 knots, or 31 miles per hour. These were two of the greatest battleships of World War II. Although the greatest and most powerful ship ever built at the time, the Yamato