The Battle of Midway

Type: Event

As of November 2026, The Battle of Midway has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 1 podcast, first heard Jun 2020 on Dan Carlin. Pivotal naval battle in the Pacific Theater that marked a turning point in the war.

The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Japanese Combined Fleet under the command of Isoroku Yamamoto suffered a decisive defeat by two carrier strike groups of the U.S. Pacific Fleet near Midway Atoll, about 1,300 mi northwest of Oahu. Yamamoto had intended to capture Midway and lure out and destroy the U.S. Pacific F