ANSWER:
The American army was larger during the battle of midway.
EXPLANATION:
- The battle of midway, a "decisive naval battle" fought between the "Japanese and the American troops", started on the 4th of June, 1942 in the great Pacific Ocean.
- Although the Japanese navy had out thrown their each and every foe in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the two naval armies were indistinguishably strong.
- But it was the first time somebody had attained "major naval victory" against the Japanese and won. And it was the American navy.
- This was a major bombshell in the pacific wars. Had the Japanese won the battle in this battle, they might have been "able to conquer Midway Island".