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Mark Porter, former Naval officer and instructor at Annapolis, joins us to discuss the Battle of Midway. American carrier borne aircraft sank several Japanese carriers and turned the tide of the war.
Mark Porter, a former Naval officer and instructor at Annapolis, joins the World at War Forum to discuss the Battle of Midway. In 1942 Japanese forces sought to consolidate the peripheries of their Asian empire against encroachment from American and British forces. This meant seizing Midway Island from the Americans and denying their use of this strategic island. In June 1942 aircraft from American carriers attacked and sank several Japanese carriers in the waters around the island. The American victory blunted the Imperial Japanese navy in the Pacific and halted their attempted takeover of the island.
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