Ka kammala wannan magana: A halin da ake ciki, US Naval Intelligence ya tabbatar da cewa Jafananci suna shirin kai hari a tsakiyar tsibirin Pacific na Midway. Admiral Chester Nimitz, Kwamandan Kwamandan, Amurka Pacific Fleet, ya ƙuduri aniya ya yi amfani da damar da za su shiga su. Rashin Midway zai kasance babbar barazana saboda Jafananci za su iya ɗaukar Hawaii cikin sauƙi kuma su yi barazana ga gabar yammacin Amurka. Rashin hasara na mafi yawan m da kuma gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar jirgin sama, Halsey, a ranar da ake fuskantar wannan rikicin ya kasance mummunan rauni ga Nimitz. Nimitz ya sadu da Halsey, wanda ya ba da shawarar kwamandan kwamandansa, Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance, don ya jagoranci aikin Midway mai zuwa. Nimitz yayi la'akari da wannan motsi, amma yana nufin wucewa a kan Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher na Task Force 17, wanda ya kasance babba daga cikin mutanen biyu. Bayan ganawa da Fletcher da kuma nazarin rahotannin sa daga
Coral Sea engagement, Nimitz ya tabbata cewa aikin Fletcher yana da kyau, kuma an ba shi alhakin umurni a cikin tsaron Midway. Da yake aiki a kan shawarwarin Halsey, Nimitz ya sanya Rear Admiral Spruance kwamandan kwamandan Halsey na Task Force 16, wanda ya hada da masu dauke da "Enterprise" da "Hornet". Don taimakawa Spruance, wanda ba shi da kwarewa a matsayin kwamandan rundunar sojan sama, Halsey ya aika da shugaban ma'aikatansa, Kyaftin Miles Browning.