Actually, June 4 is also the anniversary of the 1944 American liberation of Rome, the first Axis powers capital to fall to the Allies, also a very important victory during WWII.
But President Donald Trump focused specifically on Midway in his official statement.
He began, “In the months following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Imperial Japan advanced across the Pacific with fierce momentum, seizing territory and challenging Allied forces at every turn on land, in the air, and at sea.” Of course, they wanted a strategic position about a thousand miles from Hawaii.
That would give the Japanese a significant foothold to access the headquarters of our Pacific Fleet.
But, Trump continued, “What Imperial Japan did not know was that American ingenuity had already decimated all hopes of victory.
Working around the clock in absolute secrecy, U.S.
Navy codebreakers had cracked Japan’s encrypted communications, piecing together the time, location, and full scope of the planned attack.” All of a sudden, “America had the upper hand,” and Japan would soon know it.
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Leftist Protest Hotspot, Including Forgotten Founder Trump wrote: On June 4, 1942, the skies over Midway erupted in one of the most dramatic clashes in the history of armed conflict.
In a battle waged almost entirely by aircraft, Americans heroically manned air defense positions on the island while American aviators flew headlong into a formidable enemy force with breathtaking courage and precision.
Wave after wave of American dive bombers descended....
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