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Air Strike on Midway

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1942Date range
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Chronological records

1942

Joichi Tomonaga4 June 1942

Midway · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Tomonaga leads the Japanese carrier strike that bombs Midway Island shortly after dawn.

Names involved

Joichi Tomonaga

Provenance

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