jun 7, 1942 - Battle of Midway

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- War at sea - in the air
- Strategy
- Code-breaking
- New technology: aircraft carriers
- US dive bombers

- Scout planes spot the same carrier twice and they bomb the same carrier twice (The Yorktown), thinking they hit two different once
- The Japanese thought they were on even grounds and had a rest
- They were attacked by the Americans while they were resting
- American losses
- 300 men dead
- 1 carrier
- Japanese losses
- 3000 men dead
- 250 planes
- 4 carriers

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