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The Tide Turns in the Pacific Wars
The Battle of Midway led to the tide turning in the Pacific wars, and, ultimately, Japan surrendering on VJ Day, September 2, 1945 due to the Allied blockade, which would not have happened if the US lost Midway, that destroyed Japan’s economy and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrendered aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945 at 9:04 A.M.
Sources: History.com, Alaska Native News, Wikipedia
"Pearl Harbor has now been partially avenged. Vengeance will not be complete until Japanese sea power has been reduced to impotence. We have made substantial progress in that direction. Perhaps we will be forgiven if we claim we are about midway to our objective!"
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz after the Battle of Midway
Page by Bodhi B.
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