The Battle of Midway, every bit as important as the Battle of Stalingrad. Each was the turning point in its respective theater.
The Russians still remember Stalingad. Do American children of today know about Midway? Sadly, I’ll bet they don’t.
I teach a college sophomore level humanities course which is about American history and culture. The textbook that I have had to use for the last 6 years is a leftist social history of the United States. There is more writing devoted to the meaningless “Zoot Suit” riots than there is to the Battle of Midway. Needless to say when teaching class, I point this out to the students and proceed to ignore the riots while I stress the importance of the Battle of Midway. So at least some American students are learning about the significance of this clash.
Most likely not.What I am sure of is that those guys had more guts than I would have in ten lifetimes.Thank you AMERICAN WARRIORS/HEROES.
I still maintain Midway was not the turning point in the Pacific. It stopped Japanese aggression in the northern Pacific but Guadalcanal was the first offensive action that blunted Japanese advances. It makes for a good discussion.