Six months after Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy rules the Pacific, before a combination of good fortune and brilliant intelligence work come together in a fateful, five minute interlude that alters the tide of war and ends the grandiose dreams of Japanese empire.
Just as the Imperial Japanese Navy set sail, one of Admiral Nagumo’s air commanders developed appendicitis and had to be relieved of his duties. Several days later, the key commander who had planned the air attack on Pearl Harbor came down with pneumonia. Just days before the strike, American codebreakers identified Midway as the target of a coming invasion.
The leader of the American torpedo-bomber squadron was able to locate the Japanese fleet on little more than a hunch. Was it just “luck” that, minutes later, the leader of the American dive-bomber squadron, who was also looking for the elusive Japanese fleet, suddenly spotted the wake of Japanese destroyer Arashi, which led directly to the Japanese fleet?
Six months after Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy rules the Pacific, before a combination of good fortune and brilliant intelligence work come together in a fateful, five minute interlude that alters the tide of war and ends the grandiose dreams of Japanese empire.
God can end any war as he likes.