For my Assigned Blog I had the Battle of Midway. The Battle of Midway was the most important naval battle of the pacific campaign of world war 2. Between June 2nd and June 7th 1942, 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States navy defeated the Imperial Japanese navy attack against Midway Atoll causing a lot of damage on the Japanese fleet.
The Japanese plan was to lure the United States aircraft carriers into a trap. They also wanted to occupy midway as part of their plan to extend their defense perimeter in response to the Doolittle raid - witch was the first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese home islands.
The plan didn't work though because American code breakers were able to determine the date and location of the attack. Witch enabled the U.S. Navy to set up an ambush of its own. Four Japanese aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser were sunk at the cost of one American aircraft carrier and a destroyer. After the Battle Of Midway Japanese shipbuilding and pilot training programs were unable to keep pace in replacing their losses, and the U.S. increased its output in both areas.
My thoughts is that this was one of the most important navy battles and I think its cool how we were able to break the code and win the battle of midway.
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Good Johnny! Try expanding a bit more on your personal thoughts next time!