Battle of Midway — Pacific War's Turning Point

US carrier aircraft, guided by codebreakers who had cracked Japanese naval codes, sank four Japanese fleet carriers at Midway Atoll in a stunning 5-minute dive-bomber attack. The four carriers — Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū — represented the core of Japan's striking power. Midway shifted naval supremacy in the Pacific to the United States.