The Battle of Midway

The battle of Midway Island was one of the major battles that happen in the Pacific Ocean during World War Two. It was a war that fought between the Japanese Empire and United State of America. They fight this war to know who have the stronger power in the Pacific Ocean.

This battle happened after the Battle of Coral Sea, which was the first battle after the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor. The Battle of Coral Sea was a important battle because it was the first time that the Japanese Empire had a major sea battle with USA. Both sides’ navy got damage badly. Because most of the USA navy had been destroy when the Japanese Empire attack Pearl Harbor, so USA will try to save as many navy ships as possible. When they have the battle, Japanese navy damage the US aircraft carrier the Yorktown, the Japanese though that they had destroy one of the US aircraft carrier; however, because USA is lack of navy ships, especially aircraft carriers, the soldiers on that ship try very hard to save the aircraft carrier and went back to Pearl Harbor and got fixed.

After this battle, the Japanese Empire wanted to destroy the rest of the US navy ships in one battle. So they start to make a plan to let the entire navy in the Pacific Ocean to gather in one place. And the Japanese Empire target the Midway Island., two small islands in between Hawaii and main land Japan. The Japanese knew that Midway Islands are an important base for the US navy because they provided protection of the Hawaii islands and even main land USA. If they attack these islands, they knew that all US navies would rush to this place to protect them. And when they all gather at the Midway Islands, the Japanese Empire could destroy all of them at the same time.