Diary June 4, 1942

06-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

USS 'Yorktown' under attack by Japanese aircraft — Aircraft carrier USS ‘Yorktown’ under attack by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Midway. At this moment the ship is hit by a bomb near the island in the center.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 4, 1942:

Sea War

Pacific – BATTLE OF MIDWAY (June 4-6): Japanese Combined Fleet attempts to lure US Pacific Fleet into trap off Midway Atoll (northwest of Hawaii), but complex battle plan completely misfires. Dauntless dive-bombers cripple carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu and 2 cruisers; Americans lose carrier Yorktown, 1 destroyer and 179 aircraft.

Air War

Germany: 132 RAF bombers attacking Bremen and dropping 246t of bombs.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

Sea War

Air War

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