TURNING THE TIDE Q&A WITH HISTORIAN JOHN WUKOVITS
What do you consider the turning points in the Pacific War?
The American victory at the Battle of Midway was certainly a turning point. American dive bombers sank four Japanese aircraft carriers and forced the Japanese to abandon their effort to occupy Midway. Had they been successful, the Japanese threat to Hawaii would have been much more viable.
The complex plan that Admiral Yamamoto had devised was compromised from the start
