Japan wins Midway

Thank you Snerfu, and Ron for correcting me. I'm not as well read on the Pacific war as I am on the ETO. I had forgotten that the Lex was sunk before Midway, but there was another Lexington that was built and sent to the Pacific.

Its been about 4-5 years since I read or researched much on the war in the Pacific. I do appreciate the correction folks-thanks.

 

Thats strange, I always thought that the lezington was lost at midway, or was that the Yorktown?

 

The Lexington was sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea. An interesting story about the Yorktown. When the Yorktown docked at Pearl the Pacific Command already knew about the invasion fleet heading to Midway. They needed the Yorktown in the battle. When Nimitz asked the yard master how long it would take to repair the yorktown the yard master stated that it would take 6 months. Nimitz stated that the yard master had three days. When the Yorktown left many shipyard workers were on board welding the flight deck and making other repairs!

 

i'll talk about the fates of the Hornet and Enterprise in the Pacific War thread!

 

The Japanese would have won had they not wasted so many ships on the divisionary attack on the Auletions. Yamamoto knew it was a waste but let them doing it thinking it might be a valuable lesson for his suboridnates to learn.

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