Q 01/05

In which year was the Battle of Midway fought?

A) 1943

B) 1944

C) 1945

D) 1942

Answer · why

D) 1942

It came six months after Pearl Harbor and one month after the Coral Sea.

Q 02/05

Which admiral commanded the Japanese Combined Fleet at Midway?

A) Chuichi Nagumo

B) Tamon Yamaguchi

C) Isoroku Yamamoto

D) Ryunosuke Kusaka

Answer · why

C) Isoroku Yamamoto

Yamamoto sailed with the main body aboard the battleship Yamato, hundreds of miles behind the carriers.

Q 03/05

Who commanded the Japanese carrier strike force, the Kido Butai, at Midway?

A) Isoroku Yamamoto

B) Chuichi Nagumo

C) Tomeo Kaku

D) Nobutake Kondo

Answer · why

B) Chuichi Nagumo

Nagumo had also led the carriers at Pearl Harbor six months earlier.

Q 04/05

Who was commander of the US Pacific Fleet during the battle?

A) William Halsey

B) Chester Nimitz

C) Ernest King

D) Husband Kimmel

Answer · why

B) Chester Nimitz

Nimitz sent his carriers to a rendezvous northeast of the atoll nicknamed Point Luck.

Q 05/05

How many Japanese fleet carriers were sunk at Midway?

A) Two

B) Four

C) Three

D) Five

Answer · why

B) Four

Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu all went down, along with the heavy cruiser Mikuma.