Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ka ọ dịgodị, ndị ọrụ nzuzo nke ụgbọ mmiri United States kwenyesiri ike na ndị Japan na-eme atụmatụ ịwakpo agwaetiti Midway nke dị n'etiti Pacific. Ọchịagha ụgbọ mmiri Chester Nimitz, bụ́ onyeisi ndị agha United States na Pacific, kpebisiri ike iji ohere ahụ lụso ha ọgụ. Ịtụfu ụgbọ mmiri Midway gaara abụ ihe iyi egwu dị ukwuu n'ihi na ndị Japan pụrụ iwere Hawaii n'ụzọ dị mfe ma yie ụsọ oké osimiri ebe ọdịda anyanwụ United States egwu. Ọnwụ nke onye agha ụgbọelu ya kachasị ike na nke nwere ahụmahụ na ọgụ, Halsey, n'ụbọchị tupu nsogbu a bụ nnukwu nsogbu nye Nimitz. Nimitz zutere Halsey, onye tụrụ aro ka onye isi ndị agha ya, Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance, were ọchịchị maka ọrụ Midway na-abịanụ. Nimitz tụlere ime nke a, mana ọ ga-apụta ịzọ ọkwa Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher nke Task Force 17, onye bụ okenye n'ime ndị ikom abụọ ahụ. Mgbe m gbasịrị Fletcher ajụjụ ọnụ ma nyochaa akụkọ ndị o si n'aka ndị uweojii
N'ọlụ Coral Sea, Nimitz kwenyesiri ike na arụmọrụ Fletcher bụ nke ọma, e nyekwara ya ọrụ nke iwu na nchekwa nke Midway. N'ịgbaso ndụmọdụ Halsey, Nimitz mere ka Rear Admiral Spruance bụrụ onye isi nke ndị ọrụ nke Halsey 16, nke gụnyere ndị na-ebu ụgbọelu "Enterprise" na "Hornet". Iji nyere Spruance aka, bụ́ onye na-enweghị ahụmahụ dị ka ọchịagha nke ndị agha ụgbọelu, Halsey zigara onyeisi ndị ọrụ ya na-ewe iwe ọkụ, bụ́ Ọchịagha Miles Browning.