Batalha de Midway

[Guilherme]

The burning Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu, photographed by a plane from the carrier Hosho shortly after sunrise on 5 June 1942. Hiryu sank a few hours later.
Note collapsed flight deck over the forward hangar.

Scene on board USS Yorktown (CV-5), shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Dense smoke is from fires in her uptakes, caused by a bomb that punctured them and knocked out her boilers.
Taken by Photographer 2rd Class William G. Roy from the starboard side of the flight deck, just in front of the forward 5"/38 gun gallery. Man with hammer at right is probably covering a bomb entry hole in the forward elevator.
Note arresting gear cables and forward palisade elements on the flight deck; CXAM radar antenna, large national ensign and YE homing beacon antenna atop the foremast; 5"/38, .50 caliber and 1.1" guns manned and ready at left.

SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers from USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the early afternoon of 6 June 1942.
Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged.
Photo was enlarged from a 16mm color motion picture film.
Note bombs hung beneath these planes.

USS Hammann (DD-412) sinking with stern high, after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168 in the afternoon of 6 June 1942.
Photographed from the starboard forecastle deck of USS Yorktown (CV-5) by Photographer 2nd Class William G. Roy. Angular structure in right foreground is the front of Yorktown's forward starboard 5-inch gun gallery.
Note knotted lines hanging down from the carrier's flight deck, remaining from her initial abandonment on 4 June.

Mais fotos em: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm

[Brasileiro]

Essa é a batalha onde os EUA quase perderam o controle das ilhas quando só restava um porta-aviões? E que no final os Japoneses começaram a suicidar?

[Aces High]

Essa é a batalha onde os EUA quase perderam o controle das ilhas quando só restava um porta-aviões? E que no final os Japoneses começaram a suicidar?

-> Brasileiro,
nesta batalha pode se dizer que se os Japas, fossem um pouco menos arrogantes, prepotentes e confiantes na sorte(principalmente com o reconhecimento), eles teriam esmagado facilmente a frota do pacifico da US Navy, mas de tanto errar no final acabaram perdendo seus melhores PA(4 PA 1Cruzador Pesado e 250 aviões) e tripulações tanto aereas como navais.
Assim, esta batalha é considerada a "Virada" na batalha pelo pacifico, já que depois dela o poder de ataque na esquadra imperial ficou reduzido a 1/3.

Se quiser se informar sobre esta batalha, assista ao Filme de titulo "Midway" que pode lhe ajudar a conhecer um pouco esta batalha (o filme não é 100% correto historicamente mas é bom.)

Obrigado