Midway Turning Point
Dawn breaks on yet another day lost hopes, many young men have to die sacrificing their souls for the cause that hundred should survive. It is inconceivable to imagine that this war was allowed to erupt as it did when the war began, the united states were in the box of isolationism. The United States deemed the war as Europe’s problem and stayed away from it. However, Japan surprisingly bombed Pearl harbor, December 7, 1941, and congress declared war on Japan and Germany. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the turning point in the pacific came in June 1942 at the Battle of Midway, the Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad which destroyed much of the German army, and Japanese could hold no reasonable hope of victory. The war caused
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Beginning on December 7, 1941, the sovereign fleet of the Japanese Navy began one of it devastating campaign, japan attacked the U.S whenever it had bases, ships, or men. Japan had perilously close to wiping out the Pacific in one day. By early 1942, the powerful station at Midway was one of the few targets lift standing. In 1942, Admiral Yamamoto, the man who created the Pearl Harbor attack began to create a second attack on Midway because Japan needed these atoll islands at Midway, as it would have meant that they could further contain the U.S. Navy and transportation of troops and supplies moving from the U.S. As the war goes on Japanese carrier Hiryu struck the USS Yorktown, which was severely damaged. According to Lieutenant John D. Lorenz “The sky was turning black from the anti-aircraft fire but on they came. It was to be our last fight together but none of us realized it.... Moments passed, then I heard the word 'diving attack starboard beam.'... From then on it was smoke, flame, and tracer bullets. The explosive bullets were blowing our enemy apart. The Japanese bomb came loose from the plane, it fell towards us! The plane that dropped the bomb was gone so we merely shifted our fire to the next plane. We continued firing. Then the bomb hit”. At the crucial moment, with the decks of the Japanese fueled aircraft and fighter chasing the torpedo planes, American dive bombers attacked and destroyed Akagi, Kaga, and Soryu. A turning point in the war in the Pacific changed the course of the war and caused Japan to withdraw its powerful aircraft carrier force from the Indian Ocean to defend their Home
Beginning on December 7, 1941, the sovereign fleet of the Japanese Navy began one of it devastating campaign, japan attacked the U.S whenever it had bases, ships, or men. Japan had perilously close to wiping out the Pacific in one day. By early 1942, the powerful station at Midway was one of the few targets lift standing. In 1942, Admiral Yamamoto, the man who created the Pearl Harbor attack began to create a second attack on Midway because Japan needed these atoll islands at Midway, as it would have meant that they could further contain the U.S. Navy and transportation of troops and supplies moving from the U.S. As the war goes on Japanese carrier Hiryu struck the USS Yorktown, which was severely damaged. According to Lieutenant John D. Lorenz “The sky was turning black from the anti-aircraft fire but on they came. It was to be our last fight together but none of us realized it.... Moments passed, then I heard the word 'diving attack starboard beam.'... From then on it was smoke, flame, and tracer bullets. The explosive bullets were blowing our enemy apart. The Japanese bomb came loose from the plane, it fell towards us! The plane that dropped the bomb was gone so we merely shifted our fire to the next plane. We continued firing. Then the bomb hit”. At the crucial moment, with the decks of the Japanese fueled aircraft and fighter chasing the torpedo planes, American dive bombers attacked and destroyed Akagi, Kaga, and Soryu. A turning point in the war in the Pacific changed the course of the war and caused Japan to withdraw its powerful aircraft carrier force from the Indian Ocean to defend their Home