"One battle turned the tide of war."

2019

2h 18m

7.1(2565 votes)

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War

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Overview

The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.

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90 members

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Ed Skrein

Lieutenant Richard 'Dick' Best

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Patrick Wilson

Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton

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Woody Harrelson

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

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Luke Evans

Commander Wade McClusky

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Mandy Moore

Anne Best

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Luke Kleintank

Lieutenant Clarence Earle Dickinson

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Dennis Quaid

Vice Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

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Aaron Eckhart

Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle

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Keean Johnson

Chief Aviation Radioman James Murray

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Nick Jonas

Bruno Gaido

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豊川悦司

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

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浅野忠信

Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

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Darren Criss

Commander Eugene Lindsey

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Brandon Sklenar

George 'Tex' Gay

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Jake Manley

Willie West

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國村隼

Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo

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Nobuya Shimamoto

Captain Tomeo Kaku

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Brennan Brown

Commander Joseph Rochefort

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Jake Weber

Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance

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Alexander Ludwig

Lieutenant Roy Pearce

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David Hewlett

Husband Kimmel

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Mark Rolston

Ernest King

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Eric Davis

Captain Miles Browning

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Kenny Leu

Zhu Xuesan

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Rachael Perrell Fosket

Dagne Layton

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Peter Shinkoda

Cmdr. Minoru Genda

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James Carpinello

William Brockman

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Tim Beckmann

Captain Rawlings

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Sarah Souza

Marie Pearce

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Cameron Brodeur

Sully Brown

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Hiromoto Ida

Prime Minister Tojo

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Hiroaki Shintani

Emperor Hirohito

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Russell Dennis Lewis

Ensigh O’Flaherty

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Geoffrey Blake

John Ford

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Mikaël Conde

Bill Miller

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Madison Roukema

Barbara Best

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Christie Brooke

Millicent McClusky

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Dustin Geiger

Paul Crosley

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Jason Lee Hoy

Pat Rooney

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Ellen Dubin

Admiral King Secretary

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Jason New

Marine Captain (Midway)

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Dean Schaller

Jack MacKenzie Jr.

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Jacob Blair

Hank Potter

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Kayo Yasuhara

Geisha

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Rudolph Wallstrom

Petty Officer (Pacific HQ)

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Matthew MacCaull

Staff Officer (Nimitz)

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Philip Fu-Kang Wang

Chinese Major

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Johan Strombergsson-Denora

Radioman #1 (Enterprise SC)

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Nico DeCastris

Radioman #2 (Enterprise SC)

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Alexandre Dubois

Radar Officer (Enterprise)

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Tyler Elliot Burke

Radar Officer (Enterprise)

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Raphael Grosz-Harvey

Lt. JG (Hospital)

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Trevor Danielson

Talker

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Agostino Michael Cimino

Buzz Davis (Sonar Tech Nautilus)

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Takeshi Kurokawa

Imperial Guardsman

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Ryuta Kato

Japanese Junior Officer (Yamat)

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Garret Sato

Japanese Officer (Prison)

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Neil Girvan

Navy Yard Inspector

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Ellis Arch

Lofton Henderson

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Robert Crooks

McClusky's Radioman

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Sean Colby

Gay's Radioman

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Kasey Ryne Mazak

Signal Officer (Akagi)

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Ryo Hayashida

Deck Officer (Akagi)

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Michael Chapman

Helmsman (Nautilus)

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Masahiro Tanikawa Masa Tani

Damage Control Officer

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Ryohei Arima

Japanese Lieutenant (Kaga)

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Hiro Kanagawa

Makigumo Captain

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Ken Takikawa

Makigumo Lieutenant

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Leonardo Boudreau

Passing Sailor

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Tony Nowicki

SBD Pilot (Enterprise)

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Yuta Takenaka

Staff Officer (Yamato)

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白戸達也

Flag Officer (Yamato)

Crew

Tyler Hall

William 'Slim' Townsend

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Kyle Bougeno

Smoking Sailor

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David Dacosta

Breathless Ensign (Enterprise)

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Kazuki Gonzalez-Adachi

Hiryu Helmsman

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Reyn Halford

Torpedo Room Chief

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Toyoaki Ito Leung

Japanese Boy (10 YO)

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Halta Nonen

Japanese Boy #2 (6 YO)

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Adrian Spencer

Chief Medic (Enterprise)

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James Hicks

Edwin Kroeger

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Sebastian Pigott

Petty Officer #2

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Simon Pelletier-Gilbert

Yorktown Spotter

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Philippe Verville

Doolittle's Bombardier

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Shigeru Yabuta

Japanese Duck Netting Officer

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Seunghwan Min

Zero Pilots Squadron Leader

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Christopher Tapia

Hiryu Pointer

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Sangwon Jun

Hiryu Talker

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Motoo Taira

Akagi Spotter

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Ana Maria Lombo

Ballroom Singer

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