Amare1 wrote:.... Damn I would like to read Shattered Sword but I couldn't find it...
....It's a good idea, but I think that fighters from CVs coudn't reach Midway because of a couple of reasons...
...On the Wake they had improved because they weren't aware of 1st attack so they were caught off guard; they were prepared for the second attack. At Midway radar gave them at least half an hour to prepare for battle, and they were on the battle stations anyway because PBYs discovered Japs during the morning. Plus there were some casualties on ground, as well as some AA guns destroyed. The second attack by Japs could only meet lesser resistance, and not a stronger one...
Plus I read this article about Japanese invasion of Hawaii being a nonsense; I have answer to everything the author explains as the reasons of impossibility of Jap landing. But some other time about that, peace.
A lot of variables.
... But they can sure pound the heck out of any base the Japs try to set up in the island chain.
Bgile wrote:...and the US somehow screwed up so badly they lost all their carriers for no return.
Bgile wrote:...There were a lot of submarines, but they were ordered to converge on Midway as the troop transports approached, so not really in position to attack crippled CVs.
...If the US lost all their carriers it would have been really serious. I think there would only have been Saratoga and Ranger in the entire fleet then until around mid '43. A really long time. Maybe I'm missing one, but I can't think of another.
Maybe I'm missing one, but I can't think of another.
I'm pretty shure the Essex was operational early in 43
If the US lost all their carriers it would have been really serious. I think there would only have been Saratoga and Ranger in the entire fleet then until around mid '43. A really long time.
Bgile wrote:
If the US lost all their carriers it would have been really serious. I think there would only have been Saratoga and Ranger in the entire fleet then until around mid '43. A really long time. Maybe I'm missing one, but I can't think of another.
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