Midway: the Pacific War’s most famous battle

REVIEW BY MARK DeSANTIS The Battle of Midway in early June 1942 is arguably the most significant naval encounter of the Second World War, and easily one of the most notable battles in all history. The three-day fight in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is still suffused with mythology: an outnumbered but lucky American fleet obtained a dramatic and decisive triumph over the superior Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Misconceptions about the battle are many, and the paucity of reliable English-language accounts from the Japanese has never helped matters. In this new book, Mark E Stille, a retired US Navy intelligence officer, delivers a comprehensive picture of the engagement. This is no sma