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Don't you mean Vindicator rather than Vengeance? Or maybe Devastator? Agree on Shattered Sword, though - one of the all-time best history books bar none.
Midway leveled the playing field, look where they were in the spring of 42 and where they were by 1943.A great victory yes, but I disagree on Midway being the turning point. The Japanese where still very much the superior navy and still on the offensive.
Midway leveled the playing field, look where they were in the spring of 42 and where they were by 1943.
I believe after the loss at Midway, the Japanese where a bit more cautious with their navy. But between mid 1942 and into early 1943, the Japanese were the most powerful force in the Pacific and still on the offensive.
When the Japanese pulled back from Guadalcanal, then the tide turned in favor of the Allies.
What the battle did was to tear the heart out of the japanese fast carrier forces. They no longer enjoyed a clear advantage in the number of carrier based aircraft they could bring into battle. Further, their grandiose plan to corner and destroy the US Fleet and from there obtain the peace terms they wanted, was in tatters at their feet.