76th Anniversary of the battle of Midway this coming Monday

June 3, 2018 | Fai Mao

[Fai Mao]

You can't visit Midway anymore, or Iwo Jima or wake. Those are the only three major battle sites from the Pacific War I've not managed to visit.

You can watch the movie account on Amazon.

Midway w/Charleton Heston, Henry Fonda et al.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I had to search for a long while until I confirmed this Midway fact. Japanese planes did return from their last missions with no carriers to land on. They all had to ditch in poor conditions for it.

[Jacquerie]

Its a shame the US Navy and America doesn’t celebrate Midway like the Brits celebrate Trafalgar.

Without the draw at Coral Sea and victory at Midway, there’s no telling the added cost in years and lives to the Pacific War.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Japanese leaders were worried that the facts of their loses at Midway would damage home front morale so badly that sailors who knew what happened there were banned from returning to Japan for the rest of the war. Midway wounded who had to be returned to Japan for treatment were restricted to base until the end.

[Bobalu]

This film should by all rights have fallen out of copyright by now.

So, I post this link...

http://8putlocker.com/watch/zGeYglGb-midway.html

[fella]

Did not know that.

[Fai Mao]

I had heard that but it is good to have it confirmed.

[iowamark]

[iowamark]

Timeline of the Battle of Midway
4 June

• 04:30 First Japanese takeoff against Midway Islands
• 04:30 10 planes (Yorktown) begin to search for the Japanese ships
• 05:34 Japanese ships detected by a PBY from Midway I.
• 07:10 6 TBF Avengers and 4 USAAF B-26 (from Midway I.) attack
• 07:50 67 dive bombers, 29 torpedo bombers, 20 Wildcats take off (Spruance)
• 07:55 16 dive bombers of the US Navy (from Midway I.) attack
• 08:10 17 B-17s (from Midway Islands) attack
• 08:20 11 bombers of the US Navy (from Midway I.) attack
• 09:06 12 torpedo bombers, 17 dive bombers, 6 Wildcats take off (Yorktown)
• 09:18 Nagumo to Northeast
• 09:25 15 torpedo bombers (Hornet) attack
• 09:30 14 torpedo bombers (Enterprise) attack
• 10:00 12 torpedo bombers (Yorktown) attack
• 10:25 30 dive bombers (Enterprise) attack Akagi and Kaga
• 10:25 17 dive bombers (Yorktown) attack Soryu
• 11:00 18 Vals and 6 Zekes take off from Hiryu
• 11:30 10 planes (Yorktown) take off to search for remaining Japanese ships
• 12:05 First attack on Yorktown
• 13:30 Hiryu detected by a Yorktown plane; 24 dive bombers take off against Hiryu (Spruance)
• 13:31 10 Kates and 6 Zekes take off from Hiryu
• 13:40 Yorktown again in service, making 18 knots
• 14:30 Second attack on Yorktown
• 15:00 Yorktown abandoned
• 16:10 Soryu sunk
• 17:00 Dive bombers attack on Hiryu
• 19:25 Kaga sunk

5 June

• 05:00 Akagi sunk
• 09:00 Hiryu sunk

[poconopundit]

Real nice chart.

[blam]

How Did the U.S. Break Japanese Military Codes Before The Battle Of Midway?

[TMA62]

[knarf]

THIS particular perspective hit me with the force(s) involved on the human body ... pulling up and away after the attack.

[backwoods-engineer]

76 years since Midway. We are so close to another 4th Turning crisis, like WWII, like The War of Northern Aggression, like the Revolution. About every 80 years, they happen. Get ready.

[L.A.Justice]

I liked movie “Midway”...I thought that action scenes were good.

LA talk show host Bryan Suits did mention that he did not like the movie...He criticized the film for including different footages of US airplanes...In one scene, it was Corsair...In another scene, it was some other model...He did not like that the “Midway” filmmakers were so careless...

[central_va]

Little reported historical fact is the Japanese Navy search and rescue effort to recover these airman was very successful.

[onedoug]

Great painting. Dizzying!