185k views
5 votes
How does Admiral Spruance explain the U.S. victory

at Midway?

User Veena K
by
5.4k points

1 Answer

4 votes

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached we can say the following.

Admiral Spruance explained the U.S. victory at Midway in the following way.

It was June 4, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance and Admira Fletcher had to engage four Japanese ships in the Battle of Midway. The US intelligence services could predict the way the Japanese carriers and planes would be approaching the battle. So the US navy had a good idea of what to expect from the Japanese fleet and how to counterattack it.

Admiral Spruance said that what they did was to wait until the Japanese ships were refueling, carrying weapons, and preparing their aircraft to attack them because the Japanese were in a vulnerable position. That is how the US navy could inflict great damage to the Japanese fleet and aircraft. United States bombers sank three Japanese ships.

The US navy ended up winning the battle and historians consider this a major turning point in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

User Vitalii Ivanov
by
5.4k points