https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jukMqc8VRoQ
(Memoirs of Pearl Harbor; Part 6) Step back in time to December 7, 1941, and uncover the gripping story of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This series d

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/epic-stand-at-midway/
If he made the right call, American planes could be positioned to attack the Japanese carriers while their decks were filled with aircraft. Spruance became impatient due to delays and finally ordered the 37 Enterprise Dauntless dive bombers of Bombing 6 and Scouting 6 under Lieutenant Commander Clarence W. "Wade" McClusky to proceed without

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-battle-of-midway-turning-the-tide-in-the-south-pacific/
The destroyer Hammann was sunk in the same attack. A total of 147 American planes were lost during the Battle of Midway, along with 307 sailors and airmen. Aside from their four aircraft carriers, the Japanese also lost the heavy cruiser Mikuma, while her sister, Mogami, was severely damaged. Perhaps most devasting of all for the Japanese was

http://www.nww2m.com/2012/06/70th-anniversary-the-battle-of-midway/
As the American carrier aircraft lumbered towards their destiny, their formations began to break up. The inexperienced American pilots from CV-6 and CV-8 were not apt at maintaining a coordinated attack. The torpedo aircraft of Torpedo Squadrons 6 (VT-6) and 8 (VT-8) separated from their dive-bomber cohorts and, more ominously, their fighter

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2021/03/11/the-battle-of-the-philippine-sea-inside-the-naval-showdown-that-shattered-japans-carrier-fleet/
The following day would see the task force take the fight to the Japanese fleet. At 3:12 p.m. on June 20, an American spotter plane pin-pointed the position of the Japanese carriers. The enemy was 275 nautical miles west of TF-58 - almost beyond the limits of the American planes' range. What's more, the Japanese were steaming rapidly away.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/battle-of-midway-shipwreck-photos-180982938/
As a result, when Japanese aircraft began attacking U.S. facilities at Midway, American aircraft carriers were already lying in wait. One of the large casemate guns on the lower deck of the IJN

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1944/june/did-japanese-win-pearl-harbor
Assuming a crew of three m each plane—probably an exaggeration—Japanese casualties were 150 men. It has been estimated that some 60 aircraft were either destroyed in the attack or so badly crippled they were unable to return to their carriers. There is a theory, too, that the 105 planes used in the raid were deliberately sacrificed.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-scores-major-victory-against-japanese-in-battle-of-the-philippine-sea
But Japanese Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo decided to challenge the American fleet, ordering 430 of his planes, launched from aircraft carriers, to attack. In what became the greatest carrier battle of

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2017/october/flawed-victory-sea
Volume 31, Number 5. Article. View Issue. Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Share. Comments. On 23 October 1944, three days after General Douglas MacArthur's forces landed on Leyte Island in the Philippines, the Japanese navy emerged to fight. Awaiting them in the waters east of Luzon was Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.'s powerful U.S.

https://www.cleveland.com/pdextra/2011/08/japanese_easily_plotted_attack.html
It was 183 Japanese fighters, high-level bombers, dive bombers and torpedo planes that had lifted off about 6 from their carriers 220 miles north of the island of Oahu, a safe 20 miles past Suguru

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1941/pearl-harbor.html
Japanese losses amounted to fewer than 100 men and 29 planes. Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers fought back with extraordinary courage, often at the sacrifice of their own lives. Those without weapons to fight took great risk to save wounded comrades and to save their ships. Pilots took off to engage Japanese aircraft despite the overwhelming odds.

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/wwii/art-of-the-battle-of-midway/battle-of-midway--us-dauntless-aircraft-dive-on-japanese-carrier.html
Description: Painting, Oil on Wood; by John Hamilton; C. 1975; Framed Dimensions 36H X 54W. Accession #: 80-142-T. The American dive bombers were about ready to return to their carriers, until the enemy was spotted. The air combat patrol for the Japanese fleet should have been above, but they were at sea level destroying the American torpedo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4qCsmCuF8E
(Memoirs of Pearl Harbor; Part 4) Step back in time to December 7, 1941, and uncover the gripping story of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This series d

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2011/december/pearl-harbors-overlooked-answer
The mental seeds for Kido Butai were planted in 1940, when noted carrier pilot Lieutenant Commander Minoru Genda saw a newsreel of a group of American aircraft carriers parading for the camera in a box formation. 2 He began wondering what might be accomplished if large groups of carriers were used for doing more than showing off for theater-goers. . Genda began pestering some of his like

https://www.businessinsider.com/pearl-harbor-attack-photos-2017-12?op=1
The Japanese failed to damage any US aircraft carriers, which were surprisingly absent from the harbor. U.S. Navy About 10% of Japanese planes were lost on December 7, 1941.

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/23889/why-did-the-japanese-expect-the-united-states-navy-would-attack-the-home-islands
Coral Sea, one Japanese carrier sunk, two put out of action, versus one American carrier sunk, one damaged (the Yorktown, repaired for the Midway battle in one weekend). ... In his 1943 State of the Union Speech, President Franklin D. Roosevelt reported that American planes were shooting down Japanese planes at a rate of 4 to 1. Given American

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/path-pearl-harbor
To catch the Americans by surprise, the ships maintained strict radio silence throughout their 3,500- mile trek from Hitokappu Bay to a predetermined launch sector 230 miles north of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. At 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, a first wave of Japanese planes lifted off from the carriers, followed by a second wave an hour later.

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Battle_of_Midway
This diminished the overall impact of the American attacks and greatly increased their casualties, although it later had the effect of splitting the Japanese defenses. American carrier aircraft began attacking the Japanese carrier fleet at 09:20, with first Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8), followed by VT-6 (at 09:40).

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/first-strike-midway-attacking-and-discovering-ijn-kaga
Location of the Japanese aircraft carriers sunk during the Battle of Midway eluded undersea explorers for years. Robert Ballard tried to find Kaga in 1998 when he searched for and found USS Yorktown (CV-5).Kaga, the first Japanese carrier hit at Midway, was the prime target, but even he was unable to locate her final resting place.In 1999 a team from the undersea exploration group Nauticos

https://pearlharbor.org/blog/taking-skies-aircraft-pearl-harbor/
The Japanese. On the morning of the attack, six Japanese aircraft carriers entered American waters, intending on launching an assault with 408 aircraft. 353 of those Imperial Japanese fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes launched the attack and included the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, B5N Kate Type 97, and Val Type 99 aircraft.

https://mashable.com/feature/attacking-pearl-harbor
The Japanese had successfully sunk or damaged 19 ships, destroyed 188 aircraft and damaged many more, with only 29 aircraft shot down, 64 men killed and one submarine crewman captured.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/1942-japan-invaded-america-it-was-disaster-japan-25226
Fog and overcast skies caused many of the Japanese aircraft to lose their way and return to their carriers, but seventeen managed to locate the Alaskan naval base and blew up an army barracks

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/japans-underwater-aircraft-carriers-2/
Loosely translated as "Secret Attack Submarine," Sensuikan was shortened to Sen Toku. In mid-1942, Yamamoto foresaw two things: how susceptible Japan would become to American aerial bombing and how Japan could reciprocate against American soil. From that he envisioned 18 huge submarines--basically underwater aircraft carriers--that