| When | Monday, August 3, 2020, 6:45 – 8:45 PM |
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| Sponsor | Smithsonian Associates |
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| Venue | S. Dillon Ripley Center |
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| Event Location | S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr SW, Metro: Smithsonian (Mall exit), |
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| Cost | Click here to view prices |
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| Get Tickets/Register | smithsonianassociates.org… |
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| Categories | Lectures & Discussions |
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| | | Details | Six months after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Navy suffered a stunning and lopsided defeat at the hands of the American Pacific fleet near Midway atoll. Historian Chris Hamner of George Mason University examines why the encounter was not just the most decisive naval battle of the Pacific War, but one of the most consequential in all of history. |
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