[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.

[Snickering Hound]

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.

The Japanese fleet couldn't stick around if the initial assault fails. They simply don't have enough of a fleet train..

Ichiki doesn't even have the radios to tell the cruisers where to shoot.

Keep in mind that the Wake Island assault by the Japanese was almost a disaster against a much smaller garrison that wasn't nearly as well equipped.