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First Bombardment of Midway | |||||||
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Part of the Pacific War World War II | |||||||
![]() Midway Atoll on November 24, 1941. | |||||||
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Land: unknown marines, unknown sailors, unknown shore batteries Air: unknown aircraft | 2 destroyers | ||||||
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4 killed, 10 wounded, 1 aircraft destroyed, Midway base damaged | 1 destroyer damaged; light casualties |
The First Bombardment of Midway, or the First Bombardment of Sand Island, or Attack on Midway, was a small land and sea engagement of World War II. It occurred on the very first day of the Pacific War, 7 December 1941, not long after the major attack on Pearl Harbor. Two Imperial Japanese destroyers bombarded Sand Island of Midway Atoll. The Japanese successfully damaged the U.S. Marine base before being engaged by American shore batteries and forced to flee.