Japan Had No Idea What Hit Them at Midway - America's Luckiest Victory.
On June 4, 1942, the United States Navy achieved one of the most remarkable victories in military history at the Battle of Midway. Just six months after Pearl Harbor, American codebreakers at Station HYPO cracked Japanese naval communications and uncovered Admiral Yamamoto's secret plan to ambush American carriers near Midway Atoll. Armed with this intelligence, Admiral Chester Nimitz set a trap of his own. What followed was five minutes of absolute devastation that changed the course of the Pacific War forever. American dive bombers from USS Enterprise and USS Yorktown caught four Japanese aircraft carriers with their decks loaded with armed and fueled planes, transforming the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy into blazing infernos. This documentary tells the complete story of the Battle of Midway, from the codebreakers working in basement rooms at Pearl Harbor to the heroic sacrifice of torpedo bomber crews who flew to certain death, to Lieutenant Commander Wade McClusky's fateful decision to continue his search on an empty fuel tank. Featuring the stories of real veterans and historical accounts from both American and Japanese perspectives, this full length audio documentary covers the intelligence operations, tactical decisions, individual acts of courage, and tragic losses that made Midway the turning point of the Pacific War. Discover how preparation, sacrifice, and five minutes of perfect timing ended Japanese naval dominance and began America's march across the Pacific. SOURCES: Naval History and Heritage Command - Battle of Midway Overview https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us... Naval History and Heritage Command - The Victory at Midway https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us... U.S. Naval Institute - Five Fateful Minutes at Midway https://www.usni.org/magazines/procee... U.S. Naval Institute - Sinking the Carriers https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-... National Security Agency - The Battle of Midway (Declassified Publication) https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/docume... The National WWII Museum - Battle of Midway https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war... Encyclopedia Britannica - Battle of Midway https://www.britannica.com/event/Batt... CombinedFleet.com - Japanese Carrier Identification (Parshall/Tully Research) http://www.combinedfleet.com/MidwayFi... U.S. Navy History - Japanese Story of the Battle of Midway https://www.history.navy.mil/research... Defense Media Network - Repairing the Yorktown https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/s...
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