In one day, Japan had lost four fleet carriers, a heavy cruiser, and more than 300 front-line naval aircraft. Three of those carriers were lost in the space of a few moments, on the morning of June 4th. The Americans lost the Yorktown, a destroyer, and 150 aircraft. //

I've left a lot of detail out of this account. Explaining everything that happened in the days around this battle would fill a book. But it was the sinking of the Japanese carriers that turned that tide; that was the decisive moment of the war in the Pacific. The war went on for three more years, ships and men were lost, battles were fought and won, and while America suffered some setbacks, after Midway, the outcome was never truly in doubt. The Battle of Midway was the turning point. //

The famous American film director John Ford was on Midway when it was attacked on June 3rd; you can see his account of that battle here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr4YgpKU8ak. //

Eccentric
2 hours ago
The loses for the Japanese were not just the carriers and planes.
They also lost the majority of their experienced naval pilots. The US retained theirs.
As US war production ramped up and older obsolete planes were replaced by newer and better ones, the Japanese were unable to compete.

Atticus62 Eccentric
2 hours ago edited
A massive chunk of the Japanese pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor were lost at Midway. The Japanese went no further in their invasion/acquisition strategy after Midway. Everything started to contract for the Japanese after Midway.

Small, little known story that also affected the Pacific War from that campaign. A Japanese pilot landed his Zero on the ground intact and died quickly during the Alaska invasion portion of the the Midway campaign. The US Army recovered that Zero intact in Alaska and kept the discovery top secret.

The technology and plane were analyzed by the US military and the plane flown by many US pilots and they learned how to quickly counter the Zero's strengths. The intelligence value from that Zero was immeasurable. The Zero soon became a sitting duck in dogfights with US aircraft. That was also a result of the Midway campaign that the Japanese never recovered from. It's just not publicized as much because it took place in Alaska. //

Atticus62
2 hours ago edited
Posted this on PJ, but its important to pass along. If people are interested in reading more about the Midway campaign, I highly recommend the award winning 2005 book Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. It is written by Jonathan Parshall & Anthony Tully. It is a 700 page, extremely well written book that gives one a thorough account of the battle and its ramifications.