MIDWAY: Six Months To Run Wild
MIDWAY : SIX MONTHS TO RUN WILD On 4 th June 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the inconclusive Battle of Coral Sea, the titanic struggle between the navies of United States and Imperial Japan reached a dramatic flashpoint at Midway. The outcome would decisively alter the course of the war in the Pacific and the larger Second World War as it would set in motion a series of crushing and soul-destroying defeats for the Axis forces across the globe. BACKGROUND This powerful fleet to fleet engagement between U.S. and Japanese navies in the north-central Pacific Ocean resulted from Japan’s desire to sink the American aircraft carriers that had escaped destruction at Pearl Harbor . In May 1942, both navies fought over Coral Sea to gain a foothold over the Australian waterways, Japanese intended to cut off vital supply lines to Australia and denying the United States a base to wage the rest of war in the Pacific whereas United States sou...
