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Battle of Midway

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Noun1.Battle of Midway - naval battle of World War II (June 1942)Battle of Midway - naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
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Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
Midway Islands - an atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu; site of an important United States naval base
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Spruance (1886-1969), an American naval hero of the Battle of Midway in World War II.
The quiet warrior; a biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. ... by Reference & Research Book News
The battle of Midway (4-7 June 1942) is the point of reference for Jeremy Black's account of the strategic opportunities afforded the Axis powers by the weakness of the British position in India and the Indian Ocean in the early years of World War II.
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Navy aboard the USS Hughes and took part in the Battle of Midway in the South Pacific.
Dominic J. Buffone, 93 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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