Battle of midway (4 Jun 1942 Jahr – 7 Jun 1942 Jahr)
Beschreibung:
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable.
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4 Jun 1942 Jahr
7 Jun 1942 Jahr
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