Defense News in Brief: Midway, Momentum and Manpower – The Navy’s Bureau of Personnel in World War II

Source: United States Navy

War is a team sport. To get the complete picture of the Battle of Midway and what it meant for the war effort, you need to know what happened behind the scenes in Washington, 5,523 miles away. The combination of Nimitz’s warriors stopping the Japanese advance in 1942, and the parallel stubby pencil work in Washington, allowed the United States Navy to capitalize on the momentum gained at Midway.