{"id":15118,"date":"2022-06-13T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=209603"},"modified":"2022-06-13T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T12:02:15","slug":"midway-why-america-won-the-ww2-naval-battle","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/midway-why-america-won-the-ww2-naval-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Midway: why America won the WW2 naval battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ellie Cawthorne\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 13 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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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<\/em>, speak to Ellie Cawthorne about the factors that led to the United States\u2019 victory at Midway<\/a>, exploring the importance of American industrial innovation, and reflecting on the extent to which Midway changed the course of the Pacific War.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/Midwaypod-1ba3686.mp3<\/a><\/audio>

Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor are the authors of The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway<\/em> (PublicAffairs, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n