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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Battle of Midway.

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History of the U.S. Navy [r]: Add brief definition or description
World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. ^[e]

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Japan

Personalities

Isoroku Yamamoto [r]: Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet; planned the attack on Pearl Harbor although opposed to war with the United States; shot down and killed March 1943 ^[e]
Matome Ugaki [r]: Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, who commanded surface forces through the Battle of Leyte Gulf, then in defense of the home islands, largely with kamikazes; he died in the last kamikaze mission ^[e]
Chuichi Nagumo [r]: {1887-1944) Vice Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy; commanded the attack on Pearl Harbor force primarily through seniority but was not considered innovative or aggressive; early successes fell to failures from mid-1942 such as losing four carriers at the Battle of Midway; committed suicide while part of the defense in the Battle of Saipan ^[e]
Tamon Yamaguchi [r]: Rear admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy,(1892-1942) an aviation specialist and diplomat expert on the United States, considered exceptionally able but choosing to go down with his ship at the Battle of Midway. ^[e]

Major ships

IJN Sōryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Kaga [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Akagi [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Hiryū [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Yamato [r]: Lead ship of the class of the biggest battleships ever built; sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in 1945, while on a "do-or-die" mission to reinforce Japanese forces at the Battle of Okinawa ^[e]
IJN Nagato [r]: Add brief definition or description
IJN Mutsu [r]: Add brief definition or description

Aircraft and weapons

United States

Personalities

Chester W. Nimitz [r]: United States Navy admiral (1885-1966) who was Commander in Chief, Pacific and Pacific Ocean Areas in World War II ^[e]
Frank Jack Fletcher [r]: Admiral, United States Navy, who commanded carrier task forces in 1942, but was transferred to a less critical command after heavy losses in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and some concerns about his aggressiveness ^[e]
Raymond Spruance [r]: Add brief definition or description
Marc Mitscher [r]: Add brief definition or description
Edwin Layton [r]: Add brief definition or description
Joseph Rochefort [r]: Add brief definition or description

Major ships

Aircraft and weapons

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