Midway, a tiny little atoll in the, well, middle of Pacific was the site of one of the most important battles of World War II; the definitive Battle of the Pacific. There was no doubt -- whoever won the battle would be master of the Pacific -- either Japan or the United States. Almost six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese planned a sneak attack to capture the Midway Atoll. Believing that they would have little resistance since they had won every other sea battle so far, the Japanese confidently left for the atoll. Unbeknown to them, the Americans had intercepted and decoded their secret battle plans, and they headed out to make a secret counter attack head on. The two fleets met about 300 miles from the atoll and immediately attacked one another. In the fierce fighting, five carriers were sunk and over 3,000 people died in the battle. The battle crippled the Japanese Navy's strength, and they never fully recovered from the loss of their four carriers. Robert Ballard, the famous discoverer of the Titanic and the Bismarck, heads a search in this video to look for the five aircraft carriers -- the Japanese carriers Kaga, Akagi, Soryu, and the Hiryu and the American carrier the U.S.S Yorktown -- sunk during the battle. Accompanying him are four survivors of the battle -- two Japanese sailors and two American sailors. Ballard unfortunately doesn't find any of the Japanese carriers, but he does find the U.S.S Yorktown, the US carrier sunk during the battle, down more that three miles below the sea, and this video tells the story of the difficulties of finding the ship. This was a moving National Geographic film as the survivors of the battle, former enemies, come together and mourn together for their lost comrades, and I really recommend it!Read full review
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