Group: soc.history.war.world-war-ii
From: "Branek"
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: The importance of the Battle of Midway

"David Thornley" wrote in message
news:13t92rvm995nm72@corp.supernews.com...
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> Heck, they likely wouldn't have taken Midway. Midway was very
> strongly defended.
>

Assuming the Japanese sank all the US carriers present at Midway, wouldn't
it have been relatively easy to eliminate Midway's air forces and acheive
air
superiority? I'd imagine this would clear the way for the battleships to
shell Midway's
defenses into submission.

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