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| battle of midway definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | u.s. naval victory over the japanese fleet in june 1942, in which the japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. it marked a turning point in world war ii. | 8 sets | |
| 2 | u.s. naval victory over the japanese fleet in june 1942, in which the japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. it marked a turning point in world war ii. (p. 795) | 5 sets | |
| 3 | started june 3rd, 1942 and ended on june 6th, 1942 - us won | 5 sets | |
| 4 | turning point of the war in the pacific | 4 sets | |
| 5 | 1942 world war ii battle between the united states and japan, a turning point in the war in the pacific | 4 sets | |
| 6 | second major naval battle in pacific | 3 sets | |
| 7 | us vs. japan; turning point in the war in the pacific; destroyed ¾ japanese ships | 3 sets | |
| 8 | turning point of war, surprise destruction of 4 jap. carriers and 250 war planes, now japan on retreat, june of '42 | 3 sets | |
| 9 | the turning point in the war in the pacific. | 3 sets | |
| 10 | location of american airfield; americans knew about japanese attack, obliterated japanese naval and air | 3 sets | |
| 11 | naval battle of world war ii (june 1942) | 3 sets | |
| 12 | early june 1942; amer. stopped japan at midway island before they were going to launch second attack on pearl harbor | 3 sets | |
| 13 | american victory that was the turning point in the pacific war | 3 sets | |
| 14 | june 3-6, 1942 battle, nimitz wins due to superior intelligence, turning point | 3 sets | |
| 15 | june 1942. japan planning another pearl harbor attack. americans stop japs at midway. sink 4 jap aircraft carriers. turning point of pacific war | 3 sets | |
| 16 | a 1942 battle in the pacific during which american planes sank 4 japanese aircraft carriers (protected hawaii) | 2 sets | |
| 17 | ended japanese advance in pacific | 2 sets | |
| 18 | 1942 wwii battle between the united states and japan, a turning point in the war in the pacific | 2 sets | |
| 19 | turning point of the war in the pacific - afterwards the japanese were just defending themselves and not being offensive | 2 sets | |
| 20 | turned the tide of war in pacific | 2 sets | |
| 21 | american planes destroyed all 4 of attacking japanese aircraft carriers and established american superiority (naval) in the pacific. victory remarkable because most am. planes shot down. island hopping | 2 sets | |
| 22 | this key pacific battle which gave the united states naval supremacy against japan: | 2 sets | |
| 23 | world war ii naval battle between the u.s. and japan. japanese naval forces under yamamoto isoroku sought to seize the midway island. their japanese naval code was decrypted by america forcers and the u.s. prepared for an assault. the u.s. prevailed and the japanese were unable to land on midway. this marked the turning point of the war between the two countries | 2 sets | |
| 24 | where the american's surprised the japanese. crucial turning point in the war | 2 sets | |
| 25 | when american planes sank 4 japanese aircraft carriers | 2 sets | |
| 26 | the japanese advance in the pacific was turned back after this battle in 1942. | 2 sets | |
| 27 | us naval victory over the japanese fleeet in 1942, in which the japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. it marked a turning point in wwii | 2 sets | |
| 28 | a 1942 sea and air battle of world war ii, in which american forces defeated japanese forces in the central pacific. | 2 sets | |
| 29 | turning point of war, surprise destruction of 4 jap. carriers and 250 war planes, now japan on retreat, june of '42, was also the first time a battle was fought between two ships with mainly only plains | 2 sets | |
| 30 | japan's attempt to capture the island of midway. resulted in mass aerial loss that japan could not recover from and a victory for us. 1942 | 2 sets | |
| 31 | june 1942 | 2 sets | |
| 32 | us decoded japanese attack and suprised japanese destroying most of their fleet | 1 set | |
| 33 | powerful japanese task force threatened to seize this remote american outpost (real objective: destruction to america's pacific fleet) us engaged enemy at long range, got shot at and could hear japanese battle plan, first ever naval defeat of modern japanese navy and let us control the pacific | 1 set | |
| 34 | which battle gave the us power in the pacific? | 1 set | |
| 35 | battle in which us warplanes crippled japans navy. | 1 set | |
| 36 | june 1942 turning point of the war. | 1 set | |
| 37 | important battle won by the usa: the japanese lost four of its six largest aircraft carriers; instrumental to the victory of the usa | 1 set | |
| 38 | considered the "avenging" of pearl harbor, permanently weakened japanese | 1 set | |
| 39 | dn | 1 set | |
| 40 | a turning point of the war in asia on june when us planes destroyed attacking japanese planes | 1 set | |