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- naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
How To Use Battle of Midway In A Sentence
- Coming off the recent ‘win’ at the Battle of Midway, the American troops were filled with increased vigor and enthusiasm about the war.
- At the end of the Battle of Midway, all four Japanese carriers involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor had been sunk, while the United States lost the carrier Yorktown.
- They named the airfield for an aviator who had died gallantly during the Battle of Midway.
