We chose our topic The Battle of Midway from our friend who was working with us but then

left our group to form his own group. We researched the battle and realized that it fit the History Day theme of being a turning point for World War II in the Pacific. The battle was one that interested us and so we wanted to study it. It was one of the most important ones in the Pacific. We did most of our research on the Internet. We visited many web sites. We also went to the Denver Public Library and found books on our topic. We also checked out books from our school library and took Cornell notes from them. We put our notes into the website after we took them. On line we used a US Navy website called: Naval History and Heritage Command. We got photos, documents, oral histories that helped us understand our topic We interview Jim Lasswell whose father was a code breaker. He told us about the affect the code breakers had on the battle and what they did to win. We also interviewed Mark Hughes who is a teacher at our school that teaches AP history. He answered our many questions we developed as we did more research about the battle. He told us the reason for the battle, taking place and why the Japanese entered the war. He also told us about some of the differences between the two sides aircraft carriers. We also interviewed a historian, Tom Hunnicut who told us about code breakers and their effect on Midway and the battle. We chose to do a website because we thought it would be fun to do. The first thing we did was go to Weebly and register. Then we took notes and did research. We visited other websites and watched short videos about Midway. We created the pages we needed such as the back history, main event, the so what factor, and final analysis. After that we put the notes into our website. Most of our research was around the battle itself. Then we started putting in pictures, documents, and maps. We worked until we completed our website, bibliography and process paper.

The battle was a turning point because Midway was a decisive battle that determined the outcome of the Pacific theatre in WWII. The battle destroyed much of the Japanese navy including destruction of their aircraft carriers. And personal. They could not build enough carriers and recruit enough solders to fill in the losses Midway caused so they never recovered. The U.S. built many more carriers themselves due to their large work force trying to defend America. The battle was also one of the events leading up to the creation of the Atomic Bomb, which ended the war by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th 1945.