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Ww2 In The South Pacific Theater

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WWII in the South Pacific against Japan was a long drawn out battle and Japan ruled the war for an extended period of time. WWII began in the United States with the blow at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 by the Japanese; they continued to have triumphed after triumph over the US Pacific fleet. This all changed with the victory over the Japanese at the Island of Midway, June 4 to 7, 1942. With the strategic importance of Midway’s location, cryptographers and all the military units, made this military action the first major turning point for the United States in the South Pacific theatre. Midway is an Island in the middle South Pacific Ocean that is low lying, sandy and is called an Atoll. It lies about half way between North America and Asia; …show more content…

Code breakers known as cryptologists worked on naval cryptanalysis which is deciphering codes which were used by the both sides. American Naval Cryptanalysis broke through some of the Japanese code about the time of the battle of Coral Seas a month prior to the Battle of Midway. This breakthrough was brought to the forefront when it was believed that Midway was referenced to as AF when AF was brought up by the Japanese in a coded transmission before the Battle of Midway. Captain Holmes, ordered a message to be sent in a transmission to Midway by way of the safe, cable transmission to Midway; instructing Midway to send an open transmission about the water desalinization plant being out of commission, which was a ruse to trick the Japanese. After this last transmission was sent the Japanese transmitted to their ships and commanders, that AF was having trouble with the water desalinization plant, verifying to the code breakers, that AF was Midway. These code breakers sent the information, from all the time consuming, hard work to the heads of the war department in Hawaii and it was then that battle for Midway had been forced on them and they had to defend it at all costs. As the Japanese were planning their attack on Midway, they were under the assumption that it would not be guarded with aircraft carriers and battleships. The American Pacific Fleet, utilizing the information gleaned from their cryptographers, planned a monumental defense. Admiral Nimitz and Commander Fletcher were in command of the defense of Midway carrying out their orders they placed carriers, destroyers, their many other viable ships and resources strategically around the island; waiting for the advancing Japanese Navy. The battle took four long days with the losses to the Americans in ships and personnel was minimal, but the Japanese were hit with a tremendous blow of four carriers, numerous other ships, over two

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