A final thought about the Battle of Midway. I wrote this last year but the fact is that there are times that nations and military commanders attempt to salvage something out of defeat only to lose even more in a futile cause. Peace, Padre Steve+
Mikuma as Built
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was still attempting to digest the calamity that had befallen Admiral Nagumo’s carrier task force. In the shocked atmosphere of the mighty Super Battleship Yamato’s command center the Staff of the Combined Fleet was hastily attempting to arrive at a solution which might reverse the disaster and bring victory. Admiral Ugaki, Yamamoto’s Chief of Staff despite his personal doubts ordered Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo to prepare for a night surface engagement with the US Fleet and to dispatch a strong surface force to bombard Midway in order to prevent the Americans from reinforcing it and to prevent its further use against his forces should the invasion move forward. Kondo organized his fleet to attempt to find the American carriers and bring them to battle before dawn.
SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers from Hornet attacking Mogami and Mikuma
Kondo detached Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita’s Close Support…
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