The American history podcast, season four, episode 23, the Battle of Midway.

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Now, in our last episode, we discussed the Battle of the Coral Sea.

This was an important engagement, one which was technically a victory for the Japanese,

based on the number of ships they sunk, but it was a strategic victory for the Americans.

That's mainly because it was the first time the Allies had stopped a major Japanese advancement. Now, a second reason that this was a

victory for the Allies is that two carriers the Japanese used in the Coral Sea would be unavailable

for the operation against Midway. The Shukaku and the Zikaku were the two carriers that had been sent home to Japan

for a full refit, and the latter having suffered significant losses to its airwing. Now, if both of them

had been available for Midway, who knows how that battle might have gone. Anyway, let's get into this

episode. This week, our song in the week is,

If I'm Going to Die, I'm Going to Have Some Fun by Arthur Collins,

and it comes to us via the Free Music Archive.

We'll see in a few.

Jim Jackson for a cold, and he laughed when he was told.

Daddy better go to bed and cover up his head.

A hot Jim Fizz was the thing they said Jim laughed at this, that fight.

He had a date to shoot some dice.

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