The United States has routed the Japanese Navy in a major three-day battle over a remote US naval and air base at Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean.
The victory has dealt a severe blow to Japan's ambitions to advance right across the Pacific towards the US coast.
The tiny island, 1,000 miles north-west of Hawaii, was targeted as a potential launching pad for the Japanese advance.
The Japanese attacked in the early hours of 4 June with heavy air raids on the military base.
Taken from BBC ON THIS DAY
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