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Date June 3, 1942 - June 6, 1942
Location Midway Islands • Pacific Ocean
Participants Japan • United States
Context Pacific War • World War II

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Timeline

Pearl Harbor attack
Pearl Harbor attack
December 7, 1941
Wake Island
Battle of Wake Island
December 8, 1941 - December 23, 1941
Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March
April 9, 1942
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of the Coral Sea
May 4, 1942 - May 8, 1942
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway
June 3, 1942 - June 6, 1942
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Guadalcanal
August 1942 - February 1943
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of the Philippine Sea
June 19, 1944 - June 20, 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Leyte Gulf
October 23, 1944 - October 26, 1944
U.S. Marines on Okinawa
Battle of Okinawa
April 1, 1945 - June 21, 1945

Key People

Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese military officer
Chester W. Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
United States admiral
Marc Mitscher
Marc A. Mitscher
United States naval officer

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