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The initial american attacks on the

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Japanese fleet during the Battle of

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Midway were seen by the Japanese as

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disorganized , uncoordinated and has

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very little threat . The first planes

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from the American carriers to reach the

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Japanese fleet were three torpedo

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squadrons . These aircraft needed to

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fly low and slow to make a hit on the

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carriers . Sailors knew that flying in

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with no cover made them vulnerable to

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the Japanese zeros . I think that they

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thought that if even just one torpedo

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got through that it would all be

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worthwhile . A single bomb could change

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the trajectory of the battle . However ,

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the initial strikes on the Japanese did

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not have a great rate of success and a

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lot of their bombs and torpedoes want

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to strike . They did not know that they

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were going to be sacrificed or that

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their sacrifice was going to actually

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help win the entire battle and that

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this battle was going to be the most

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criminal battle in the war .