Naw, that was ME writing, and I still unclear:
I knew that, but I didn’t realize just HOW far-reaching the effects of that turned out, on the reports of the returning IJN pilots.
And how strongly those incorrect reports ended-up warping IJN command decisions at Midway.
“We have lost 3 but our enemy has lost 2”
Versus:
“We have lost 3 and our enemy has lost NOTHING”
That sounds super different.
Of course, unfortunately Yorktown DID end up going down, but not until much later.
I haven’t seen the movie yet and can’t wait to see it. My late father-in-law and I were WWII buffs and my wife and my mother-in-law hated watching WWII movies with us because we would pick apart inaccuracies that were especially glaring. The 76 film would show wrong planes and wrong ships for points in the battle and I would say, wrong plane for a dive bomber and he would call out the correct plane that should be there, the girls would roll their eyes. Since his passing my wife and family have proclaimed me the sole heir to the keeper of useless knowledge and trivia.
Sorry