Air Quote by Isoroku Yamamoto

“Unbeknownst to the Japanese, the main disadvantage Japan would have at Midway was the fact the U.S. could read their radio traffic. With the…

— Charles River Editors

With Midway as the turning point, the fortunes of war appeared definitely to shift from our own to the Allied side. The defeat taught…

— Mitsuo Fuchida

“The Midway air base had been reinforced from Hawaii on the basis of the new intelligence.”

— Charles River Editors

“Midway was merely a convenient target chosen by Yamamoto to draw the Americans out, and both sides’ objectives were attritional attempts to degrade their…

— Charles River Editors

The same advice my commanding officer at Patrol Squadron 17, Cmdr. Robert J. Quinn, gave me before I was grilled to be given the…

— Pete Olson

We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't.…

— Barney Ross

“Ironically, the last aircraft carrier to sink as a result of the Battle of Midway was an American one. By the early afternoon on…

— Charles River Editors

“Arashi was ultimately unsuccessful in that mission, and it was this same destroyer which was spotted by McClusky. By following the destroyer, McClusky’s air…

— Charles River Editors

'McHale's Navy' was a disaster. I'm not pretending it wasn't a disaster.

— Sidney Sheinberg

When I assumed command of the Pacific Fleet in 31 December, 1941; our submarines were already operating against the enemy, the only units of…

— Chester W. Nimitz

“After the Battle of Midway it was clear that the Pacific war would be won by planes launched from ships. Both Japan and the…

— Ken Follett

No one told these American soldiers they might be shot down by bullets made by their own brothers here. No one told them that…

— Smedley Butler