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The US carriers Enterprise and Hornet arrivedd at Pearl harbor, they are ordered to move out to Midway.
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Admiral Nagumo's carrier force left port for Midway. His force included Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu and Soryu.
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Sets sail for Midway Island. The task force included; the Enterprise, Hornet, six cruisers and 9 destroyess. They were to do battle with adout 90 other Japanese warships.
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The Yamato was the most powerful battleship in the Japanese Midway attack force. It was to face Task Force 16 along with two other battleships, a swarm of cruisers, destroyers, troop transports and support ships.
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Yorktown left Pearl Harbor to join the fleet at Midway Island.Task Force 17 included two cruisers, five destroyers and Yorktown.
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Nine B-17 bombers bombed the Japanese support group 700 miles from Midway Island.
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The Battle of Midway started 6 months arter the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The battle began because Japan wanted to destroy the U.S's Navy. All hell breaks loose.
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An American search plane spotted the Japanese carrier strile force. At the same time, Japanese planes were also spotted.
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Three U.S squadrons from the Enterprise and Yorktown launched their airplanes and damaged three of Japanes's fully armed carriers witch were called the Akagi, Kaga and Soryu. One carrier got away.
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Hiryu's torpedo planes attlck and damage Yorktown. Repairs are done to the ship. U.S scouts find Hiryu and it is bombed by the Enterprise.
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The Hornet and Enterprise continue strikes on the Japanese.
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Heading to port, the Yorktown was hit and sunk by a submarine's torpedo.
