<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi naleso sikhathi, abezobunhloli baseMelika baseMelika babeqinisekise ngokuqinile ukuthi amaJapane ayehlela ukuhlasela isiqhingi saseMidway esisePacific maphakathi nezwe. U - Admiral Chester Nimitz, uMkhuzi Omkhulu Wemikhumbi Yase - U.S. Pacific, wanquma ukuthatha leli thuba ukuze alwe nabo. Ukulahlekelwa iMidway kwakuyoba usongo olukhulu kakhulu ngoba amaJapane ayengathatha kalula iHawaii futhi asongele ugu olusentshonalanga ye - United States. Ukulahleka komkhuzi wakhe wezindiza onolaka kakhulu futhi onolwazi lokulwa, uHalsey, ngobusuku bangaphambi kwalesi simo esibucayi kwakuyisishayo esinzima kuNimitz. UNimitz wahlangana noHalsey, owancoma umlawuli wakhe we-cruiser division, uRear Admiral Raymond Spruance, ukuba athathe umyalo weMidway ezayo  <response>: ukusebenza. UNimitz wakucabangela lokho, kodwa kwakuyosho ukweqa uMphathi-mkhuzi uFrank Fletcher weTask Force 17, owayemdala kula madoda amabili. Ngemva kokuxoxisana noFletcher nokubuyekeza imibiko yakhe yokuzibandakanya kweCoral Sea, uNimitz wayeqiniseka ukuthi ukusebenza kukaFletcher kwakunengqondo, futhi wanikezwa umthwalo wemfanelo wokulawula ekuvikeleni iMidway. Elandela izincomo zikaHalsey, uNimitz wabe esenza uRear Admiral Spruance waba ngukhomanda weTask Force 16 kaHalsey, equkethe abathwali bezindiza i-Enterprise ne-Hornet. Ukuze asize uSpruance, owayengenakho okuhlangenwe nakho njengomlawuli wamasosha aphethe izindiza, uHalsey wathumela isikhulu sakhe esiyinhloko, uKaputeni uMiles Browning. 