[Lower Deck]

We came very close to losing that battle which would have added at least two years to the war in the Pacific

There is a fabulous book by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully called "Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway". It is the battle shown entirely from the Japanese side and deals with everything from tactics to training to ship design to damage control and dozens of other factors as well. Read that and it's clear that the U.S. victory was not miraculous but the result of better ships, better leadership, and a bit of luck thrown into the mix.

[sparklite2]

Thanks for that. I just bought and downloaded to my Kindle.