: 2004-08-26, 15:38
... o mylisz się - w tym wypadku ( Midway ) on wydawał rozkazy i podejmował decyzję - miał wolną rękę.
shigure pisze:... o mylisz się - w tym wypadku ( Midway ) on wydawał rozkazy i podejmował decyzję - miał wolną rękę.
w którym momencie ?shigure pisze:... chodzi tylko o cel - drogę do tego celu i możliwość jego osiągnięcia mógł sobie wybierać sam opierając się na Kusace , Gendzie i innych ... wybrał niestety sugestię Gendy.
radar1 pisze:John B_ Lundstrom Paper on Midway, Annual Conference of the Society for Military History, 6 April, 2002.htm
Miko mi to przesłał więc mogę jednak tylko cytować:
ad. 1,4,5 cytując Spruance'a list do Fletchera 080642 "You were certainly fine to me all during the time the two task forces were operating together under your command, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it. It was tough luck that the Yorktown had to stand those two attacks. We tried our best to close you after the first attack, but it seemed that every mile we made toward you in between air operations was more than lost when we had to launch or recover. If it had not been for what you did and took with the Yorktown, I am firmly convinced that we would have been badly defeated and the Japs would be holding Midway today. As it is, I think their ears will be pinned back for some time to come."
ad. 2,3 "Nimitz, however, had his reasons for not joining the three carriers that went well beyond the worry of employing experimental tactics in the midst of battle. He predicated his deployment on the assumption that the Japanese also customarily divided their carriers, which they did in the Coral Sea. Thus for Midway he expected they would very likely run their four carriers in two separate task groups. The first group of "one or more carriers" would close and soften up Midway for invasion by repeated attacks designed to neutralize the air base. Keeping farther out, the second group of carriers and fast battleships would cover the Midway force.xvi To Nimitz the key to the battle was taking advantage of surprise to eliminate one of these carrier groups at the outset. The Midway group was the likeliest to be spotted first, with the added benefit of possibly catching its planes on deck being rearmed for further strikes against the island. The prime weapon for this attack would be Spruance’s Task Force 16 with all the Enterprise and Hornet strike aircraft kept ready for immediate launch. Once one of the groups appeared within range, Fletcher, wielding tactical command, would instantly order Spruance to hurl his full striking power of 120 planes capable of destroying at least two carriers at once. Browning’s staff was to ensure that this supremely vital attack went off without a hitch. In the meantime Fletcher would decide whether Task Force 17 with the Yorktown engaged the second enemy group, the most desirable course of action, or followed up Spruance’s attack. He retained the flexibility to launch searches and fill in with attacks against one group or the other as necessary. Should the events go the way Nimitz, Fletcher and Spruance hoped, the second phase of the battle would see three US carriers finish off the two remaining flattops."
1. Nie wiem, czy zwróciliście na jedno uwagę. Wszyscy podziwiają, że Alianci czytają kod Japów, Niemców. A przecież od połowy 42 roku Japy czytali większośc depesz Amerykańskich, Niemcy robili od początku wojny z BrytolamiMiKo pisze:Długośmy o tym rozmawiali i generalnie to ze względu na operacje CAPów i tak by zabrakło czasu na przezbrojenie i wysłanie samolotów
Co do lekceważenia to jak najbardziej ale głównie dał ciała wywiad niedoceniająć sił jakie amerykanie mogą zorganizować.
Czy Yamaguchi byłby odpowiednią osobą to też chyba tak nie do końca. Wszyscy go tak chwalą ale jego popołudniowe decyzje nie mają w sobie wiele z przemyślanej taktyki (chęć ataku o zmierzchu jakimiś resztkami raczej irracjonalna)