The U.S. devastated their enemy’s aircraft carrier fleet, succeeding where Japan had failed at Pearl Harbor.
June 1942 saw the Battle of Midway, a pivotal conflict in the Pacific Theater and one of the most crushing naval victories ever. The U.S. devastated their enemy’s aircraft carrier fleet, succeeding where Japan had failed at Pearl Harbor. America’s aircraft carriers had been the primary targets at Pearl Harbor, but were absent when the attack began.