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The IJN lost all 4 of their fleet carriers present at Midway:In a war where Aircraft carriers dominated events the Japanese lost 3 out of 4, a complete disaster for the IJN and a turning point only 6 months after Pearl Harbor.
If the Japanese had taken Midway, it would have been yet another isolated post that had to be resupplied...something the Japanese were simply unable to do. It could have been readily bypassed with little impact on the rest of the Allied war effort.
I think the Japanese, who had both a striking and a landing task force coming into there, would beg to see that a little differently.If the Japanese had taken Midway, it would have been yet another isolated post that had to be resupplied...something the Japanese were simply unable to do. It could have been readily bypassed with little impact on the rest of the Allied war effort.
I was wondering at that, too, buff. I actually asked about it, basically where they go from there, in another thread. It's in the archives, someplace. They didn't come into there from underneath with that huge landing task force, though, had they not been thinking something strategic in reference to that island; the way I see it, anyway.But where do they go if they succeed in taking Midway? They can't advance further - it just becomes a logistics sink (literally!) for them.
I was wondering at that, too, buff. I actually asked about it, basically where they go from there, in another thread. It's in the archives, someplace. They didn't come into there from underneath with that huge landing task force, though, had they not been thinking something strategic in reference to that island; the way I see it, anyway.
How long after Midway was it before the Japanese had another operational fleet carrier?
. In case the Midway went, say, with two carriers lost on each side, that would mean the Japanese would have 4 fleet carriers vs. a single one for the USN -
Japan had other carriers.
Yes and no. They had a handful of escort carriers, carriers with complements of 25-50 planes, and sometimes these were converted merchant ships, which makes them far less fit to handle battle damage.
How long after Midway was it before the Japanese had another operational fleet carrier?