Midway Inquest: Why the Japanese Lost the Battle of Midway

Index

393 index Abe, Hiraoki, 255, 261 action reports: Akagi, 178, 210, 340nn7,9, 370n11, 372n36; description and translation , 24, 100, 355n50, 364n39; Hiryu, 375n18, 376n46, 382nn25,32; Kaga, 159, 178, 365nn1,45, 374n14, 378n15, 381n4; Soryu , 178, 340n6, 374n12, 375nn18,21, 386n4. See also Nagumo’s Of¤cial Report ; Senshi Sosho Adak Island, 92, 238–40 Advance (Submarine) Force, 94–95 aerial combat. See under Midway, Battle of, June 4 phase aerial torpedoes. See torpedoes Aichi D3A1. See Val dive-bomber air power, emergence of, 50–53, 79–80, 151, 242 aircraft carriers: aircraft launch rate (Japan), 377n50; attack carrier designation (Japan ), 35, 236, 363n24, 376n30; building programs, 48–50, 357n20; comparable strengths, 357n20, 361n63; comparative aircraft complements, 53t, 358n32, 363n24; design philosophies, 356n18, 357n20; role in British navy, 358n31; vulnerability of, 4, 344. See also speci¤c carriers Akagi: action report, 178, 210, 340nn7,9, 370n11, 372n36; aircraft complement, 2, 53t, 62, 93, 101, 360n50, 377n50, 383n42; aircraft launch rate, 377n50; American attack on, 142–43, 210, 373n39; armament status, 20, 22, 141–42, 156–57, 168–69, 172– 80, 372n35; building program, 42–43, 46– 48; combat air patrol, 127–28, 159, 169, 337–39t, 339n2, 374nn15,17, 375n18; damage report, 307; decision to rearm, 116–18, 365n3, 366n10; destroyed, 5, 22, 185, 209– 12, 228–29, 307, 340n9, 344; headquarters log, 133; Midway battle losses, 231–34, 235t; Operation Hawaii/Pearl Harbor, 62, 64–65, 377n50; ordnance, 106; pilot cadre, 231–33, 235t, 365n3; radio limitations , 96–98, 130, 137, 268, 363nn29–30, 364n36, 373n1; rearming procedure, 124– 27, 157, 177–80, 272, 368n41, 369n44, 386n2; receipt of sighting report, 137–38, 147, 160, 366n10; relanding/recovery of Midway Strike Force, 155, 169, 178, 271, 367n30, 374n10; survivors, 250. See also rearming operation; war game exercise Akigumo, 365n47 Akimoto, Katutaro, 117, 363n23 Akutan Island, 383n3 Alamogordo, N. M., 291, 387n16 Aleutian Operation, 237–41; Adak-Attu Invasion Force, 94; concept and strategy, 92, 93, 280, 384n6; deployment of combined¶eet, 93–103; ¶eet components, 94, 376n30, 383n2; impact on Midway operation , 161, 241, 366n13; Kiska Invasion Force, 94; “Koga Zero,” 383n3; losses, 235t, 383nn2–3; Northern Aleutian Force, 94 Amagai, Takehisa, 233, 380n3 Amagi, 42, 263 American Paci¤c Fleet, 182–203; aircraft complements , 3, 53t, 102–103, 384n4; carrier striking force, 102–103t; coordinated at- 394 index tack, 193–95, 196, 212, 380n34; ¤ghter escorts , 186–89, 379n22; Formation 11V, 373n48; interception points, 185, 188, 192, 196–99, 220, 377n6; Japanese estimate on strength, 298–99; losses in South Paci¤c, 76, 109, 262–64; Midway invasion plan discovered, 92, 95–99; Orders of Battle, 102–103, 365n50; Point Option, 213; rebuilding of, 76–77, 262–63; sighting of by Japanese, 144–47, 151, 215; sortie and embarkation, 100; South Paci¤c Force components, 243, 254; Task Force 16, 3, 97, 102–103t, 144–45, 187, 192, 213, 222, 254–61; Task Force 17, 3, 85–90, 103t, 144, 215, 260. See also carrier pilots (American ); United States Navy; and speci¤c battles and carriers American signals intelligence, 135–36, 370n18, 371nn19–20 ammunition. See ordnance anti-Comintern pact, 53, 54 Aoki, Taijiro, 232 Arashi, 197, 208 Arizona, U.S.S., 64, 65 Arkansas, U.S.S., 42 Astoria, U.S.S., 213, 244 Atlanta, U.S.S., 373n46 atomic bomb, 291–93, 387n16 attack carriers (Japan), 35, 236, 363n24, 376n30 attack planes (Japanese torpedo bombers): Orders of Battle, 101–102; production/ speci¤cations, 50, 353n4. See also torpedo planes Attu Island, 92, 238–40 August 24 carrier battle, 247–53, 384n16, 385nn19–20 Ault, Bill, 86, 90 Australia/ANZAC forces, 77, 79–80, 243, 280 Avenger torpedo bombers, 247–51, 256–61, 262. See also Midway, Battle of, June 4 phase B-17s, 81, 99, 143, 369n48. See also Midway Naval Air Station B-25s, 78–79, 362n7 B-26s, 108, 110, 159, 204, 362n7 Basic War Plan/objectives (Japan), 91, 164–65, 242, 263, 279–82, 362n19 Bataan Peninsula, 72 Bates, Richard W., 128, 138, 366n6, 367n24, 372n38, 379nn21,23, 380n34, 382n35 Belote, James H. and William M., 384n16, 385nn17,19,29–30 Bering Sea, 239 Best, Richard, 209–11, 223 Betty light bombers (Japan), 243–44, 385n29 Bofors quads, 259 bomb launchers, 27, 125–26, 156–57, 368n42, 369n43. See also rearming operation, procedure Borneo, 74 Brass¤eld, Arthur, 215 Britain: 5-5-3 plan, 41–43; freezes Japanese assets , 32; losses in South Paci¤c, 72–75; Pearl Harbor intelligence report, 359n46...