What Japanese High Command Said When They Lost 4 Carriers at Midway

Описание: What Japanese High Command Said When They Lost 4 Carriers at Midway
At Midway in early June 1942, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s operation begins the way Japanese naval doctrine expects: decisive carrier power, strict timing, and total confidence. But as the first strikes unfold, small errors and hidden American advantages begin stacking into something the Japanese command does not yet recognize. Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo faces the worst kind of carrier warfare problem: an enemy he can’t see clearly, with aircraft on deck in transition and weapons being swapped under pressure. Conflicting reports, incomplete scouting, and doctrine-driven caution create a chain reaction of delays.

American dive-bombers arrive at the decisive moment, striking three carriers in rapid succession, and later a fourth. The chapter follows the physical reality of those hits fuel lines, armed aircraft, exploding hangars and the brutal speed of loss. As commanders struggle to regain control, the Japanese Navy absorbs something it has never experienced: the sudden removal of elite strength in a single morning.

In the hours and days after Midway, the Japanese High Command begins to report, explain, and privately confront what happened. Yamamoto, Nagumo, and senior staff officers grapple with operational failure, intelligence blindness, and the collapse of their strike arm. The Japanese Navy withdraws from Midway, not just beaten, but structurally changed its trained air groups shattered, its offensive confidence punctured, and its margin for error gone.

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