[qam1]

As it turned out the long range high flying Army bombers had no effect on the Japanese fleet.

Which I don't understand

Along with the carrier attack, why didn't the army launch a full scale B-17 and B-24 assault from Midway and carpet bomb the Jap fleet?

[yarddog]

I am not sure how many planes were in the attack but I think they did attempt something like that but I would guess the Japanese kept their ships far enough apart so any attack would have been against only one ship.

[yarddog]

I am not sure how many planes were in the attack but I think they did attempt something like that but I would guess the Japanese kept their ships far enough apart so any attack would have been against only one ship.