[Snickering Hound]

Even if the Japanese carriers had prevailed, there was no way Ichiki and his 3000 men with just small arms were going to take Midway by amphibious assault.

We were dug in with artillery, massive quantities of machine guns, and even a 1/2 dozen Stuart tanks.

Most of them would have become fish food during that long wade to the beach.

[ealgeone]

No....the Japs would have taken Midway. Their surviving planes and battleships would have enabled the landing force to overwhelm the garrison at Midway.

We did the same at Tarawa.