Japanese Mistakes
The Americans
had broken the Japanese code months before, so they knew that the Japanese were going
to attack Midway. The American admiral ,Spruance, sent his dive bombers alone,
unprotected against the Japanese carriers because the other planes were taking
too long to take off. The American dive-bombers had received the coordinates of
the Japanese carriers through scout planes and they sunk two carries in several
minutes. At the same time, dive-bombers from the Yorktown sunk another Japanese
carrier. The Japanese had lost 3 carriers in 5 minutes. Nagumo’s carelessness cost
the Japanese their last carrier, and that is why the Americans won the Battle
of Midway. Spruance’s decision to send the dive-bombers off alone and Nagumo’s
mistake won the battle of Midway.
The Japanese made a crucial mistake in The Battle of Midway. Their admiral, Admiral Nagumo, had thought that the Japanese planes had sunk the USS Yorktown after dropping bombs on it. The Yorktown, having been heavily damaged in the battle of Coral Sea, and its crew had become experts at fire control after being hit by bombs. The crew had put out the fires and kept the ship from sinking. Nagumo’s planes came across a ship that they thought was different from the Yorktown, but it was actually the Yorktown. The planes then destroyed the already damaged ship.
Nagumo thought that he had sunk two of the three American carriers and ordered his men to sleep and eat. While his men were resting and the Japanese planes were being refueled, planes from the other two American carriers destroyed Admiral Nagumo’s last carrier. The Japanese had lost four carriers in one battle because Nagumo didn’t press the attack and had his last carrier sunk.
The Japanese made a crucial mistake in The Battle of Midway. Their admiral, Admiral Nagumo, had thought that the Japanese planes had sunk the USS Yorktown after dropping bombs on it. The Yorktown, having been heavily damaged in the battle of Coral Sea, and its crew had become experts at fire control after being hit by bombs. The crew had put out the fires and kept the ship from sinking. Nagumo’s planes came across a ship that they thought was different from the Yorktown, but it was actually the Yorktown. The planes then destroyed the already damaged ship.
Nagumo thought that he had sunk two of the three American carriers and ordered his men to sleep and eat. While his men were resting and the Japanese planes were being refueled, planes from the other two American carriers destroyed Admiral Nagumo’s last carrier. The Japanese had lost four carriers in one battle because Nagumo didn’t press the attack and had his last carrier sunk.