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The main reason Yamamoto decided to attack Midway was to draw out the American fleet to a "Decisive Battle" the premiere Japanese naval strategy.
The flaw was the unnecessary complication of the plan and the Americans knew they were coming & from where & when. Simply put, the US ambushed them and were extremely lucky.
As to Hitler & the A bomb......the Germans had no chance. The industrial might of the US was required to make the thing..... not to mention the scientific minds of the allies. Hitler's Germany simply did not have the industrial capacity and were being bombed into rubble.
The best books I've read on the Pacific war are:
Japan's War
Combined Fleet Decoded....kinda heavy lifting.
Miracle At Midway is a good one.
A contemporary (as in the 40s) account to the Naval war in WWII is Cmdr/Cptn. Walter Karig's 4 part series of Battle Report.....hard cover only and tough to find.
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Last edited by J P Stein; 06-11-2009 at 03:30 PM..
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