Battle of Midway

Series of Battle during the Second Great War between Japan and the United States. During the first battle in 1941 Japan destroyed the main US carrier in the region while losing one of its own and subsequently took the island of Midway. The following year, the US forces destroyed shifted the naval balance in the region in their favor in a second battle around the island. The US retook Midway unopposed in 1943 as Japanese forces had disengaged from the Americans to attack British colonies in Asia.