1)The Americans triumphed against overwhelming odds at the Battle
of Midway.
We know this
already.
2)The Aleutians Operation was conceived by Admiral
Yamamoto, the commander in chief of Combined Fleet, as a diversion
designed to lure the American fleet out of Pearl
Harbor.
We know this too.
2)During the transit to Midway, Admiral Yamamoto
withheld important intelligence information from Admiral Nagumo,
the operational commander of the carrier striking force. As a
result, Nagumo was in the dark concerning the nature of the threat
facing him.
This is news!
3)Had the Japanese implemented a two-phase
reconnaissance search on the morning of 4 June, they would have
succeeded in locating the American fleet in time to win the
battle.
Yup already known.
4)The late launch of cruiser Tone's No. 4 scout plane
doomed Admiral Nagumo to defeat in the battle.
Ok, this was left
out.
5)Had Admiral Nagumo not decided to rearm his aircraft
with land-attack weapons, he would have been in a position to
attack the Americans as soon as they were discovered.
In fact, history states that he
was pressured by his bold subordinate Cpt Yamaguchi to proceed with
the re-arming.
6)The sacrifice of USS Hornet's Torpedo Squadron Eight
was not in vain, since it pulled the Japanese combat air patrol
fighters down to sea level, thereby allowing the American
dive-bombers to attack at 1020.
Yes, the USN have long since
glorified Lt Comdr John Waldon's doomed devestators. And it was
generally accepted that their determined but failed sortie
distracted the Zeros on CAP to sea level, allowing the Dauntless
Dive bombers to take out Kaga, Akagi and Soryu in quick
succession.
You can actually get all the facts including eyewitness interviews
if you had access to a little known set of 52 magazines called
'Images of War: The real story of
WWII'
