http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway
To: US Navy Vet
The tide of the Pacific war turned in just 10 minutes.
2 posted on
06/03/2015 7:33:03 AM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: US Navy Vet
3 posted on
06/03/2015 7:33:51 AM PDT by
spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
(Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows h to run my life better than I do?)
To: US Navy Vet
The Battle of Midway, every bit as important as the Battle of Stalingrad. Each was the turning point in its respective theater.
The Russians still remember Stalingad. Do American children of today know about Midway? Sadly, I’ll bet they don’t.
4 posted on
06/03/2015 7:39:24 AM PDT by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: US Navy Vet
Remember squadrons VT-3, 6 and 8.
6 posted on
06/03/2015 7:41:25 AM PDT by
skeeter
To: US Navy Vet
Shattered Sword by Jon Parshall and Anthony Tully is probably the best recent history of the battle. What makes it particularly interesting is it's told entirely from the Japanese side. The authors go into tactics, ship design, training, organization, and a whole host of other areas. The truly surprising thing is not so much that the Japanese lost the battle but they did as well as they did prior to that.
To: US Navy Vet
8 posted on
06/03/2015 7:44:08 AM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: US Navy Vet
Some of the events during this battle are enough to make you believe in devine intervention.
9 posted on
06/03/2015 7:46:36 AM PDT by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: US Navy Vet
If memory serves, I think a Jap search plane had located our carriers but their radio did not function. Being able to read their radio traffic did not hurt. As far as a turning point it was IMHO but there is no way they could have won no matter the out come at Midway. It just would have taken a little longer. Some think of a “turning point” as the point where the war turned from possible victory to defeat. There was no point where the Japanese could have won WWII. Thus no real turning point.
10 posted on
06/03/2015 7:49:30 AM PDT by
prof.h.mandingo
(Buck v. Bell (1927) An idea whose time has come (for extreme liberalism))
To: US Navy Vet
Being an avid amateur naval historian, I have a collection of books on the battle of Midway including G.W. Prange's
Miracle at Midway, Fuchida and Okumiya's
Midway: the Battle that Doomed Japan.
But by far, the most definitive account both of the battle and the reasons why Japan's loss was not as incredible as it first seemed is Parshall and Tully's Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. I strongly recommend it.
The Americans faced a battle-proven enemy largely with substandard aircraft and completely worthless equipment (in the cases of the Douglas TBD Devastator the Brewster F2A Buffalo, and the horrible Mark XV torpedo). An entire squadron of TBDs and their crews (save one man) was wiped out. Most torpedo planes did not make it back.
What amazing courage those men had.
14 posted on
06/03/2015 7:54:43 AM PDT by
60Gunner
(The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
To: US Navy Vet
Great recent book on Midway:
“Shattered Sword, the Untold Story of the Battle of Midway.”
It explodes a number of popular myths about the battle, most of which was the victory was a “Miracle.” In terms of the decisive weapon, carrier aircraft, the two sides were about equal. Also, even if we had “lost” Midway, we weren’t going to lose the war. A really good discussion of those economic realities is found here:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/economic.htm
Still, Midway was a dramatic victory for the United States and a crushing defeat for Japan.
16 posted on
06/03/2015 7:58:20 AM PDT by
henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: US Navy Vet
17 posted on
06/03/2015 7:58:53 AM PDT by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: US Navy Vet
19 posted on
06/03/2015 8:07:57 AM PDT by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: US Navy Vet
22 posted on
06/03/2015 8:16:03 AM PDT by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: US Navy Vet
Yorktown
To: US Navy Vet
Here's the real thing from john Ford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW8tQ_6dqS8
and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwDOjQs5QM8
whew..... and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rro6_WceV0
To understand the Battle of Midway and the distortions you think are history, read :the shattered Sword" for the real poop.
27 posted on
06/03/2015 8:25:03 AM PDT by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: US Navy Vet
To: US Navy Vet
To: US Navy Vet
Thanks for posting this. I had the good fortune of knowing two pilots. who flew in this battle and talking about it. We also were friends of a back seater. He was in the back of a Navy Plane manning guns to protect his plane and other Navy planes from the Zero’s.
Bravo Zulu to the brave Air Dales and Sailors, who fought this in this intense battle and helped to win the war in the Pacific.
There is an interesting side note re the role our Navy Security played in cracking the Japanese code which allow our sea going CO’s to have critical info before and during the battle.
The link below should take you to this data.
http://search.xfinity.com/?con=betac&cat=web&q=US+Navy+Security+Group+and+the+Battle+of+Midway
Thanks, again to our brave Sailors, Navy Air Dales and NSG guys.
31 posted on
06/03/2015 8:42:06 AM PDT by
Grampa Dave
(When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
To: US Navy Vet
33 posted on
06/03/2015 8:51:47 AM PDT by
Grampa Dave
(When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
To: US Navy Vet
Ah. That explains the discounts for Vets & servicemembers at Carl’s Jr today.
Missed that.
61 posted on
06/03/2015 10:56:46 PM PDT by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
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