# A Navy for Two Oceans: How Congress Helped Win Midway

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Published: 2026-02-12T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this Footnotes in History mini episode of The Naval Aviation Ready Room Podcast, Captain Tim “Lucky” Kinsella, U.S. Navy (Ret.), tells the story of how a quiet congressional decision in 1940 helped determine the outcome of the Battle of Midway. The Two Ocean Navy Act was passed while the United States was still officially neutral. It committed the nation to the largest naval expansion in its history, not in response to an attack, but in anticipation of a war many feared was coming. Two years later, that decision shaped the strategic choices of both Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and helped tip the balance of the Pacific War.

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