First Bombardment of Midway

First Bombardment of Midway
	Part of the Pacific War; World War II
	; Midway Atoll on November 24, 1941.
Date	December 7, 1941
Location	Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Ocean
Result	Midway bombarded; IJN destroyers retire.
Belligerents
United States	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant Colonel Harold D. Shannon; First Lieutenant George H. Cannon †	Captain Ohishi Kaname
Strength
Land:; unknown marines,; unknown sailors,; unknown shore batteries; Air:; unknown aircraft	2 destroyers
Casualties and losses
4 killed,; 10 wounded,; 1 aircraft destroyed,; Midway base damaged	1 destroyer damaged; light casualties

The First Bombardment of Midway, or the First Bombardment of Sand Island, or Attack on Midway, was a small land and sea engagement of World War II. It occurred on the very first day of the Pacific War, 7 December 1941, not long after the major attack on Pearl Harbor. Two Imperial Japanese destroyers bombarded Sand Island of Midway Atoll. The Japanese successfully damaged the U.S. Marine base before being engaged by American shore batteries and forced to flee.

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