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But the way to the sea was not open; Sherman still had to contend with the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood. So Sherman proposed to split his Union force, taking 62,000 of his best troops on a destructive march, while Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas used the remainder to contain Hood.
Battle of Midway Japanese had planned to capture a strategic island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, home to an Am. military base. The Jap's wanted to lure the Am's into a battle they were sure to lose. Am's had broken the Jap. code though, so they could understand the messages. Am. admiral Chester Nimitz planned an effective defense and it worked perfectly, with the Am's destroying 4 Jap. aircraft carriers and winning a great victory.