U.S. Navy marks Battle of Midway's 70th anniversary

The ability to think outside the box was the success of the US military campaign in the Midway conflict. Japan kept their setbacks a secret among their people back then. They continue to do so today.

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According to this sentence I can buy Battle of Midway souvenirs. Is this true and if so, where?

to market the 70th anniversary

As the village idiot VP Joe Biden once said, this is " a B.F.D. " (you guess the Acronym...)

to market the 70th anniversary

They fixed it.

Midway was the point where things turned around for the U.S. in the war. Up until then they were reacting to what the Japanese were doing. After Midway the U.S. was able to better dictate when and where the battles would be fought.

yokatta, the Americans kept the details of Pearl Harbor secret for years. All countries hide bad news. As for the battle it was indeed a charlie foxtrot for Japan.

YuriOtani

yokatta, the Americans kept the details of Pearl Harbor secret for years.

Really Yuri. You forgetting that they announced it within hours. And this was used to help propel the US into war with Japan...

yokatta, the Americans kept the details of Pearl Harbor secret for years.

More like a day. Even THIS paper's death tally is low, but that's probably because it had only been 24 hours since the attack. I'm sure if we could look at the paper a few days later, the death toll would be much closer to the actual number.

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Here's the full link:

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Actually they fibbed about losses, "Naval Secretary Knox, after a quick visit to Hawaii, returned and told us we had lost one battleship, the Arizona, three destroyers, a mine layer and an old target ship. Some others were damaged. But the balance of the fleet, he said, including battleships, carriers, heavy and light cruisers, destroyers and submarines were at sea seeking contact with the enemy" http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=4122

It was the "sneak attack" and not announced losses.

They only DID lose one battleship to the attack. All the others were re-floated and all but one of THOSE returned to service during the war. (the one remaining one capsized as it was being towed to the west coast for further repairs.)

The balance of the fleet WAS at sea including battleships, or did you think there were battleships in the Pacific ONLY in Hawaii? (Hint: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco)

By the way, congratulations on quoting an ANTI-WAR source for "facts" pertaining to a war. I'm sure THEIR views aren't a little skewed.

My uncle who died last year was in the Battle of the Coral Sea. He was the only survivor of his gun crew when a Japanese plane struck his ship. He had great respect for the bravery of the Japanese pilots.

By the way 'Fadamor' ANTI-War' endeavors to be factual, unlike other sources of faux noise.

LOL you mean the "Roosevelt knew the Japanese were attacking beforehand" crowd? Yeah. Factual. I've got a bridge to sell you if you're that gullible.

The battleships in Pearl harbor were put out of action. They would of been of no use at Midway where it was an air battle. For one thing they were too slow and two had limited anti-aircraft ability. Fadamor it took a lot of time to repair the battleships first at Pearl and second at west coast ports. The Oklahoma sank in 47 while being towed to the west coast to be scrapped. As for the rest they were out for 2 years, hardly in action.