Why did the Battle of Midway last only five minutes?

<>1, the Japanese army was complacent and despised the American army.

The proud army will be defeated, and this is the most fundamental reason for the defeat of the Japanese army. At the beginning of the war, the Japanese army made careful arrangements and achieved remarkable results. But the Japanese army was quickly carried away by such an effect.

Later, Japan lost its cautious attitude and hastily drew up a battle plan, and even the exercises on the map were perfunctory. The Japanese troops** were all contemptuous and did not make any preparations.

2. The mistakes of the Second Japanese Army in intelligence.

At that time, the war situation had developed towards diversification, and intelligence had become the key to victory in the war. An important reason why the US military was able to win this time was that it was able to decipher the Japanese intelligence code. In the early stages of the war, the U.S. military already knew the Japanese army's battle plan.

In contrast, Japan did not gather any information before the war, and reconnaissance activities were later cancelled. The Japanese side made a completely wrong judgment about the American army, which is also the reason for their defeat.

3. The Japanese army dispersed its forces.

Although the Japanese army invested a lot of military power, it did not effectively control them. The United States concentrated all its forces. In terms of numbers, the United States has gained the upper hand.

4. The backwardness of Japan's concept of warfare.

The United States had sunk all the battleships in Pearl Harbor, and instead they came up with a new combat strategy. With aircraft carriers as the core, all ships are in the service of aircraft carriers. Japan was reluctant to use battleships to protect aircraft carriers, and still regarded battleships as the key to victory.

5. The Japanese operational command made a mistake.

The Japanese generals not only neglected the reconnaissance mission, but also acted stubbornly and did not listen to the advice of their subordinates, which led to the delay of the fighters. Sixth, there is a huge gap between Japan and the United States in terms of scientific and technological level and industrial strength. The U.S. had already used radar technology in the Battle of Midway, but Japan still relied on the naked eye to identify locations.

It only takes a few days for the United States to repair an aircraft carrier wounded on the battlefield and to be able to put it back on the battlefield. But it took a month for Japan to repair damaged aircraft carriers. Later in the war, the United States reduced the gap with Japan in aircraft carriers.

<> "The Battle of Midway."

The Battle of Midway was a battle fought by the Japanese fleet to capture Midway and the western islands of the Aleutian Islands during the Pacific War of World War II from June 3 to 6, 1942.

Beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japan launched the Pacific War, and in more than three months, it occupied the entire western Pacific from Wake Island and the Marshall Islands in the east, to the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the west, and the Bismarck Islands in the south.

During these months, every time the Japanese army won a victory, the citizens of Tokyo, inflamed by the frenzy of war, lined up in long lines, waving paper sun flags, and flocked to the front of the Imperial Palace to celebrate victory.

However, behind all this excitement and jubilation, there is one person who always seems to be preoccupied.

This person was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy.

After the successful Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

He pointed out calmly and soberly: We have only awakened a giant, and we must complete the unfinished business of attacking Pearl Harbor and completely destroy the Meitaipeiqiao Pingyang fleet before the giant gets up.

Therefore, Yamamoto strenuously endorsed the plan proposed by the Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Rear Admiral Ugaki, to attack Midway.

It was believed that if the island could be occupied, it would be possible to use the island as an advance base for Japanese air patrols and intimidate Hawaii, and to lure out the US fleet and annihilate it in a decisive battle.