<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ekupheleni kuka - May 1942, emzamweni wokudonsela ngaphandle futhi kubhubhise abathwali bemikhumbi baseMelika ababengatholwa, amabutho aseJapane ahlela ukuhlasela iziQhingi zase - Aleutian e - Alaska nase -  <response>: I-Midway Atoll eNtshonalanga yePacific. UNagumo, ebhodini i- Akagi, wahola i- Kaga, i- Sōryū, ne- Hiryū kanye nemikhumbi yokusekela ye-First Carrier Striking Force eya eMidway. Ekuhlaseleni kokuqala, izindiza zaseJapane zabulala ibutho elincane lezindiza zempi futhi zalimaza kakhulu izikhungo zaseMelika. Izindiza ze - torpedo nezindiza zamabhomu ezizulazulayo ezazithunyelwe zisuka eMidway ukuze zihlasele imikhumbi yaseJapane zazingenamphumela omncane, kodwa izinhlelo zamaJapane zokuhlasela zase zixazululiwe abahlaziyi bamakhodi, futhi izindiza zabathwali bezindiza baseMelika zase zisendleleni. Amabhomu e-torpedo asuka ku-,, futhi ahlanganyela ekuhlaseleni ngokulandelana, ephoqa abathwali bezindiza baseJapane ukuba bahambe ngobudlova ukuze bagweme ama-torpedo futhi bawenze angakwazi ukuqalisa izindiza ezengeziwe. Izindiza zamabhomu zaseMelika, ezafika sekwephuzile ngemva kobunzima bokuthola imikhumbi, ngokushesha zahlasela i-Akagi, i-Kaga, ne-Sōryū. I-Yorktown, eyayikhubazekile ngenxa yokushaywa ngamabhomu e-Hiryū, yakwazi ukubuyela empini kuphela ukuze ithole ama-torpedo amabili amahora ambalwa kamuva. I-Yorktown eyayishiswa yashiywa, kodwa abahloli bayo bakhomba indawo i-Hiryū eyayikuyo, futhi abaqhumisi be-Enterprise bakhipha i-Hiryū emsebenzini ngokuqhumisa amabhomu amane. IJapane yalahlekelwa yibo bonke abathwali bezindiza abane beFirst Carrier Striking Force eMidway. 