THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 4 ,1942 4:30 AM - JAPAN BOMBS MIDWAY THROUGH TWO WAVES OF AIRPLANES. 7:28 AM - JAPANESE PILOT SPOTS AMERICAN CARRIERS BUT A RADIO FAILURE PREVENTS JAPANESE AIRCRAFT FROM INFORMING THE JAPANESE FORCES. 7:52 AM - AMERICAN SHIPS HORNET AND ENTERPRISE START LAUNCHING BOMBERS AND TORPEDO PLANES 8:20 AM - JAPANESE GENERAL RECEIVES REPORT OF CARRIERS 9:00 AM - AMERICAN CARRIER YORKTOWN STARTS FOCUSING ON JAPANESE CARRIER FORCE 9:30 AM - US TORPEDO PLANES LEAD THE ATTACK 10:00 AM - MOST OF THE TORPEDO PLANES ARE SHOT DOWN AND ATTACK FAILS 11:00 AM - US DIVE AND TORPEDO BOMBERS SINK 3 JAPANESE CARRIERS. (AKAGI, SORYU, KAGA) AND SEVERELY DAMAGE THE FOURTH (HIYRU). 12:00 AM - THE HIYRU LAUNCHES AN ATTACK ON THE AMERICANS AND DAMAGED THE YORKTOWN 5:00 PM - THE REMAINING JAPANESE CARRIER IS SUNK
IMPERIAL AND US NAVIES
US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
YORKTOWN CLASS - 90 AIRCRAFT, 2,217 MEN, 3 SHIPS TOTAL USS YORKTOWN(CLASS-YORKTOWN) USS ENTERPRISE(CLASS-YORKTOWN) USS HORNET(CLASS-YORKTOWN) BUILT - NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK CO., NEWPORT NEWS
P-40 WARHAWK THE WARHAWK WAS A MAJOR US FIGHTER PLANE DURING WORLD WAR 2. ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY WELL ARMORED, IT WAS VERY SLOW AND HEAVY.
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
AKAGI - 66 AIRCRAFT, 1,630 MEN, KURE NAVAL ARSENAL HIRYU - 64 AIRCRAFT, 1,100 MEN, KURE NAVAL ARSENAL KAGA - 90 AIRCRAFT, 1,708 MEN, KAWASAKI AND YOKOSUKA NAVAL ARSENAL SORYU - 63 AIRCRAFT, 1,100 MEN, YOCOSUKA NAVAL ARSENAL
JAPANESE A6M ZEROES
ZEROES WERE THE JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES DURING WORLD WAR 2. THEY WERE VERY QUICK AND AGILE PLANES, SCORING A WINNING RATIO DURING DOGFIGHTS OF 12:1 AGAINST THE US
KAMIKAZE
KAMIKAZE WAS A JAPANESE STRATEGY TO CRASH PLANES INTO THE SHIPS OF THE US NAVY. THIS INFLICTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO US SHIPS.