Before the Battle
After the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942, the Japanese still sought to capture portions of the Pacific Ocean and land within those portions, including the Midway Island. The mastermind behind these plans, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, was mainly hoping to secure the Samoa Islands, Fiji and Australia to expand territory, with the capturing of the Midway Island only being a problem due to its proximity to the United States. The plan for the Island contained a ruse that Japanese ships were heading for Alaska to lure U.S. forces away from the main battle fleet, allow the Japanese to control Midway and maybe even give them an opportunity to seize Hawaii in revenge for the Tokyo Air Raid that had taken place two months earlier. …show more content…
planes that occupied land. Warned of an incoming aerial attack, Admiral Nagumo who was incharge of the four Japanese carriers changed course, leaving the planes to search for the large ships. Eventually the carriers were found, but it was at a very unfortunate moment for the Japanese. The Zeros (a Japanese aircraft model) were aboard the carriers being refuelled and rearmed, meaning that not only were the Japanese completely unaware of the impending assault, but they were also completely …show more content…
This battle ultimately had harsh repercussions for the Japanese aviation and naval divisions. Failing to foresee a lengthy war, the Japanese had a serious flaw in their patterns for assigning men. The pilots used in battle were only the thoroughly trained veterans, meaning that the other aviators had no experience and after the Japanese fliers had been massacred at Midway, there was nobody of the same calibre to replace them. As for the naval divisions, the carriers that were destroyed were actually considered to be vital for the Pacific Campaign. All four carriers weren’t able to be entirely replaced until 1945, three years after the
After the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942, the Japanese still sought to capture portions of the Pacific Ocean and land within those portions, including the Midway Island. The mastermind behind these plans, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, was mainly hoping to secure the Samoa Islands, Fiji and Australia to expand territory, with the capturing of the Midway Island only being a problem due to its proximity to the United States. The plan for the Island contained a ruse that Japanese ships were heading for Alaska to lure U.S. forces away from the main battle fleet, allow the Japanese to control Midway and maybe even give them an opportunity to seize Hawaii in revenge for the Tokyo Air Raid that had taken place two months earlier. …show more content…
planes that occupied land. Warned of an incoming aerial attack, Admiral Nagumo who was incharge of the four Japanese carriers changed course, leaving the planes to search for the large ships. Eventually the carriers were found, but it was at a very unfortunate moment for the Japanese. The Zeros (a Japanese aircraft model) were aboard the carriers being refuelled and rearmed, meaning that not only were the Japanese completely unaware of the impending assault, but they were also completely …show more content…
This battle ultimately had harsh repercussions for the Japanese aviation and naval divisions. Failing to foresee a lengthy war, the Japanese had a serious flaw in their patterns for assigning men. The pilots used in battle were only the thoroughly trained veterans, meaning that the other aviators had no experience and after the Japanese fliers had been massacred at Midway, there was nobody of the same calibre to replace them. As for the naval divisions, the carriers that were destroyed were actually considered to be vital for the Pacific Campaign. All four carriers weren’t able to be entirely replaced until 1945, three years after the