The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway 3-6 June 1942 3-6 June 1942 Dr. Charles H. Marston Dr. Charles H. Marston Professor Emeritus Professor Emeritus Department of Mechanical Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering Villanova University Villanova University
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The Battle of MidwayThe Battle of Midway3-6 June 19423-6 June 1942Dr. Charles H. MarstonDr. Charles H. Marston
Professor EmeritusProfessor EmeritusDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical Engineering
Villanova UniversityVillanova University
“Midway was the . . . battle . . . that made everything else possible”
Admiral Chester Nimitz, CinCPac
Modern Japan
• Commodore Perry, 1853
• Adopted western technology
• 52 years later: Battle of Tsushima
Road to War • Japanese expansionism Hakko Ichiu
• Naval limitation treaties
• U.S. economic pressure
• Japan’s perceived choices
- Commander in Chief Combined Fleet
- “I can run wild for 6 months but . . .”
- Advocated Pearl Harbor attack
Admiral Yamamoto
7 December 1941
• Carriers were at sea• Oil supply & submarines spared• “REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR”
Admiral Nagumo
- Led Pearl Harbor attack
- Commanded carriers at Midway
Admiral Nimitz
• Replaced Admiral Kimmel
• Kept Kimmel’s staff
• Organized carrier task forces
Pacific Ocean Area, Spring 1942
US
Tokyo Raid (Doolittle)18 April 1942
• NOT a surprise
• TriggeredMidway plan
• Port Moresby first
American Response To Operation MO
• Japanese JN-25 code broken (partly)
• Nimitz sent two carrier task forces - Lexington (1927) - Yorktown (1938)
Battle of the Coral Sea 7-11 May 1942
• Historic: Fleets never in visual contact
• Tactically to Japanese (but not by as much as they thought)