Famous Battles: The Battle Of Wake Island

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Famous Battles Battle Of Wake Island is battle that took place in Wake Island. It’s countries that fought were Japan and US. Americans had 120 people killed and 49 wounded. Japanese had 820 people killed and 333 wounded. The types of weapons they used were bombs,aircrafts,and guns. The battle started on December 8,1941 and ended December 23,1941. Japan took victory. Battle Of Midway took place in Midway Atoll. The countries that fought were Japan and the US. The Japan lost four carriers,1 cruiser, 292 carriers and suffered 2,500 casualties. The US lost the Yorktown,the USS destroyer Hammann,145 aircrafts, and suffered 307 casualties. The types of weapons they used were carriers,cruisers

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