What Japanese Admirals Said When They Saw American Carrier Numbers at Midway...

They believed they had the advantage. Japan's naval commanders entered the Battle of Midway with supreme confidence, certain that American carrier strength had been crippled beyond recovery after Pearl Harbor. What they discovered in the waters northwest of Midway Atoll in June of 1942 shattered everything they thought they knew about the Pacific War. The moment Japanese lookouts began reporting American carrier activity, the mood aboard the flagship changed completely. Admirals who had never known defeat suddenly faced a reality they had not prepared for. This is the story of what Japan's most decorated naval commanders actually said, believed, and experienced in the hours that Midway unfolded around them. The confusion. The disbelief. The catastrophic decisions made under impossible pressure. Yamamoto, Nagumo, and the officers who watched Japan's greatest naval force come apart in a single afternoon left behind accounts that have rarely been examined this closely. What they said when they finally understood what was happening tells you everything about how Midway was won and lost.

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