<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Maphakathi no-1942 i - Imperial Japanese Navy yahlela ukuhlasela i - Alaska ngokuhlanganyela ne -  <response>: ukuhlaselwa kwesiQhingi saseMidway enkabeni yePacific. Ukuhlaselwa kwe-Japanese Northern Area Fleet e-Dutch Harbour nase-Adak Island kwaholela eMkhankasweni Weziqhingi zase-Aleutian. Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi inhloli yase-United States Navy yayiphule ikhodi ye-cypher yasolwandle yaseJapane, u-Admiral Nimitz, uMkhuzi Omkhulu Wezindawo ZasePacific Ocean eHawaii, wezwa ngezinhlelo zamaJapane ngo-May 21, 1942. NgoJuni 1, 1942, amandla ezempi aseMelika e-Alaska ayengu-45,000 amadoda. Ngalolo suku i-XI Intercepter Command, eyasebenza ekuqaleni, ngoMashi, yaqanjwa kabusha i-XI Fighter Command. Kodwa-ke, amandla okusebenza kwe-Eleventh Air Force ayemancane. Kwakunamabhomu asindayo ayi-10 B-17 Flying Fortress kanye namabhomu aphakathi angama-34 B-18 Bolo e-Elmendorf Airfield, kanye nezindiza ezingama-95 P-40 Warhawk ezahlukaniswa phakathi kweFort Randall AAF eCold Bay neFort Glenn AAF e-Umnak. 