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Each passing month marks different 80-year milestones for many of the most poignant and important moments of the Second World War. In May, 1942, perhaps one of the most important encounters – certainly in the Pacific War – took place around Midway Atoll, between the US and Japanese fleets. From fighting on the back foot almost entirely for five months, the carrier engagement at Midway saw a resounding turnaround in the war for the US. For Japan, Admiral Yamamoto’s ominous prediction that success against their powerful adversary could only last a matter of months, was becoming a reality. This issue, historian James Holland explains how the US turned the tide in the battle and what it meant for Japan’s hitherto unstoppable conquests. FOLLOW THE HISTORY OF WAR TEAM / HISTORY OF WARMAG @…