<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi nesonto lesithathu lika-May 1942, amayunithi ezinhloli zasolwandle ase-U.S. aqinisekisa ukuthi amaJapane ayeyobe  <response>: ukuhlasela isiQhingi saseMidway. Ukuthatha nokuhlala eMidway kwakuyicebo lomkhuzi womkhuzi-jikelele we-Combined Fleet, u-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Ngayo wayehlose ukwandisa ngokuphawulekayo indawo engaphandle yokuzivikela yoMbuso WaseJapane ngaphesheya kwePacific emaphakathi; futhi, wayekholelwa ukuthi lesi sinyathelo esinamandla kakhulu esibhekiswe eMidway sasiyosongela kakhulu iHawaii nePearl Harbor kangangokuthi uhulumeni wase-U.S. wayeyokhuthazwa ukuba afune ukuthula. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umkhuzi-jikelele we - U.S. Pacific Fleet, u - Admiral Chester Nimitz wayazi ukuthi kumelwe anqande imikhumbi - mikhumbi yaseJapane, nokuthi kumelwe alwe nabakhweli bezindiza besitha ngaphambi kokuba bakwazi ukuveza amandla abo amakhulu ngokumelene nesiteshi sezindiza sasolwandle eMidway. 