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Historians say the battle between Japanese and US warships in the Pacific Ocean in 1942 was a turning point in the war which Nazi-allied Tokyo never recovered from. Now, spectacular new video ...
U.S. losses included more than 300 servicemen, about 150 airplanes and the Yorktown, which was damaged in the battle and then sunk by a Japanese submarine about 100 miles (161 kilometers) away ...
04:30 First Japanese takeoff against Midway Islands; 04:30 10 planes (Yorktown) begin to search for the Japanese ships; 05:34 Japanese ships detected by a PBY from Midway I. 07:10 6 TBF Avengers and 4 USAAF B-26 (from Midway I.) attack; 07:15 Nagumo prepares reserve aircraft for second attack on Midway, in direct violation of Yamamoto's order
Bruno Peter Gaido (March 21, 1916 – June 15, 1942) was an American sailor who served in the United States Navy as an Aviation Machinist's Mate during World War II.While flying as a gunner for pilot Frank O'Flaherty in a Douglas SBD Dauntless during the Battle of Midway, he was shot down and captured by the Japanese whilst waiting for rescue from American forces.
Landing ship, medium Sunk 4 May 1945 27°10'N, 127°58'E Cressman, p 673 Ball, 201-202 USS LSM-194 United States: Landing ship, medium Sunk 4 May 1945 27°10'N, 127°58'E Cressman, p 673 Ball, p 203-204 USS LSM-195 United States: Landing ship, medium Sunk 3 May 1945 26°24'N, 126°15'E, off Okinawa Cressman, p 672 Ball, p 198 USS LSM-318 United ...
This is the order of battle for the Battle of Midway, a major engagement of the Pacific Theatre of World War II, fought 4–7 June 1942 by naval and air forces of Imperial Japan and the United States in the waters around Midway Atoll in the far northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...
USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a Balao-class submarine.She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish. Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine.