<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Iyunithi yasungulwa ngo-Ephreli 1, 1942 eKisarazu, eJapan, futhi ekuqaleni yayihlonyiswe ngezindiza eziyisithupha kuphela zeMitsubishi A6M Zero, ngaphansi komyalo kaLieutenant Hideki Shingō. Leli qembu lenze umzamo wokuthwebula ongaphumelelanga ngesikhathi seDoolittle Raid ngo-18 Ephreli. Ngomhlaka 30 Meyi, ibutho lezindiza lalikhuphuka laba ngamaZero angu-33 futhi uLieutenant Tadashi Kaneko waqokwa njengomphathi walo Hikōtaichō. Kwakuhloswe ukuthi isebenze njengesigodlo saseMidway Island ngemuva kokuthi izothunjwa ku-Operation MI ezayo ngoJuni. Izindiza eziyisithupha zathunyelwa emkhunjini wezindiza i-Akagi, eziyisishiyagalolunye i-Kaga, ezintathu ku-Hiryū ne-Sōryū, kwathi ezingu-12 zathunyelwa emkhunjini i-Junyō. Ezinye zezindiza zazibambe iqhaza eMpini yaseMidway ngaphansi kukaLieutenant Kaneko, nase-Attack on Dutch Harbor  <response>: ngaphansi kukaLieutenant Zenjirō Miyano. 