Describe the battle of Midway: Yamamoto turned immediately to the central Pacific where Japanese supply lines were more secure. His object was the American naval and air base on the island of Midway, about 1000 miles northwest of Hawaii. Between June 3 and June 6, 1942, the Japanese suffered a major defeat. US intelligence had broken the Japanese naval code, knew Yamamoto’s objected, and fleet under Admirals Raymond A. Spruance and Frank Fletcher was waiting for him. They lost the carrier Yorktown to Japanese dive bombers and torpedoes, but American planes destroyed four Japanese carriers.The defeat at Midway put an end to Japan’s offensive capacity.
The battle of Midway was significant because it gave US a complete control on the Pacific Ocean with the destruction of Japanese Imperial Navy.