battle_of_midway (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Battle of Midway*:
NOUN	act	Battle of Midway, Midway	naval battle of World War II (June 1942)

English > *Battle of Midway*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively / decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands.
Synonym	Midway
Instance of	naval battle	A pitched battle between naval fleets
Part of	World War II, World War 2, Second World War	A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
Region	Midway Islands	An atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu

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