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Yamamoto wanted to take the us carriers

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out and get them out of the Pacific .

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That would allow the Japanese to

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continue their plans to dominate the

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Japanese had more ships involved that

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close to 150 with four of the remaining

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carriers from the Ghettos and tie . The

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americans had three carriers available ,

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but they also were using Midway Island

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as 1/4 carrier if you can . Um It's

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sort of new Yamamoto's plan beforehand ,

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so he was able to compensate for that

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lay ambush . The us carriers had

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rendezvous to a place called Point

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Block , roughly 350 miles northeast of

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midway . It definitely worked in their

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favor . Yamamoto had no idea that the

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U . S . Carriers were there .