A dramatization of the battle that turned out to be the turning point of the Pacific Theatre of Worl...
A dramatization of the battle that turned out to be the turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
The summer of 1942 brought Naval stalemate to the Pacific as the American and Japanese fleets stood at even number each waiting for the other to begin a renewed offenive. "Midway" tells the story of this historic June battle where a Japanese carrier force, in an attempt to occupy Midway island and lure the American fleet to destruction, was meet valiently by US forces operating off of three aircraft carrier and numerous escort ships. It was the firt battle in which naval air power was extenivly used, and at its conclusion the Japanese Carrier force had been completly destroyed which lead the way for the US 1943 and 44 offenives which would eventually bring the Pacific War to a close.
