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==Japanese plan==
==Japanese plan==
On April 16, after several months of discussion, Commander in Chief, Combined Fleet, Admiral [[Isoruku Yamamoto]], convinced the Imperial General Staff to agree to his Midway and Aleutians strategy for the summer. In Admiral Yamamoto's view, the capture of Midway Island would allow Japan to pursue its Asian policies behind an impregnable eastern shield of defenses in the Central Pacific. The centerpiece of this plan was a feint toward Alaska followed by an invasion of Midway. When the U.S. Pacific Fleet responded to the landings on Midway, Japanese carrier and battleship task forces, waiting unseen to the west of the Midway strike Force, would fall upon and destroy the unsuspecting Americans. If successful, the plan would effectively eliminate the U.S. Pacific Fleet for at least a year and provide a forward outpost from which ample warning of any future threat by the U.S. would come.
On April 16, after several months of discussion, Commander in Chief, Combined Fleet, Admiral [[Isoroku Yamamoto]], convinced the Imperial General Staff to agree to his Midway and Aleutians strategy for the summer. In Admiral Yamamoto's view, the capture of Midway Island would allow Japan to pursue its Asian policies behind an impregnable eastern shield of defenses in the Central Pacific. The centerpiece of this plan was a feint toward Alaska followed by an invasion of Midway. When the U.S. Pacific Fleet responded to the landings on Midway, Japanese carrier and battleship task forces, waiting unseen to the west of the Midway strike Force, would fall upon and destroy the unsuspecting Americans. If successful, the plan would effectively eliminate the U.S. Pacific Fleet for at least a year and provide a forward outpost from which ample warning of any future threat by the U.S. would come.
===The Doolittle Raid===
===The Doolittle Raid===
[[Image:Doolittle1.jpg|thumb|150px|right|April 18, 1942: the Doolittle Raid about to launch from USS ''Hornet''.]]
[[Image:Doolittle1.jpg|thumb|150px|right|April 18, 1942: the Doolittle Raid about to launch from USS ''Hornet''.]]