e/17    Wow, were the japanese I-navy just really stupid at midway or
        unlucky?  4 carriers lost?  Looked like they had superior air
        cover for the carriers too.
        \_ God was on the American side.
        \_ Yamamoto had groups very sparsely distributed, the sub screen
         failed, PURPLE had been broken, the main force had few capital ships,
         the air strategy was to keep half in reserve.  That is a sampling of
         what went wrong; it's actually a very complicated situation.  Remember
         the play was for total Pacific domination; it was a gamble and they
         lost.  Glory to the Emperor.  Incidentally you could have found
         this out by reading a single page or by watching about 20 minutes
         of any Midway documentary.
         \_ You know too much of what Yamamoto was planning for any good
            Christian.