Midway: why America won the WW2 naval battle

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🗓️ 13 June 2022

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In June 1942, the US and Japanese navies went head to head over a small atoll in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor, authors of The Silver Waterfall, speak to Ellie Cawthorne about the factors that led to the United States’ victory at Midway, exploring the importance of American industrial innovation, and reflecting on the extent to which Midway changed the course of the Pacific War. (Ad) Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor are the authors of The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway (PublicAffairs, 2022). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2F9781541701373 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.9	Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Reveal.
0:52.3	I'm Ellie Cawthorne. In June 1942, the US and Japanese navies went head to head over a small
1:03.5	atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The Battle of Midway has gone down in history as one of the
1:10.2	definitive naval battles of the Second World War.
1:13.8	But what was behind the American victory, and was it even as significant as has been suggested?
1:20.6	Brendan Sims and Stephen McGregor re-examine the clash in their new book, The Silver Waterfall,
1:26.6	and I spoke to them to find out more.
1:29.8	The first voice you'll hear after me is Brendan. So for anyone listening who might not know
1:36.4	much about the Battle of Midway, could you give us a little crib sheet? What are the basic
1:40.8	facts here? Well, the battle is really the beginning of the end for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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