The Japanese planned to fight by sea. The U.S. fought by air.
The Battle of Midway started as U.S. airplanes launched from the runways on the Midway Atoll and from U.S. aircraft carriers. Both Japan and the U.S. dropped torpedoes and bombs and fought one another in the sky. But, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto's plan for the attack was overly complicated. His had the biggest battleship in the world as well as many smaller battleships. He was convinced that the battleship was supreme and was proud of his big battleships. Yamamoto didn't believe an aircraft carrier could really do much damage to an enemy. He believed the aircraft carrier was to support the battleship not the other way round.
Yamamoto's fatal mistake.
Japanese battleships were slower than any other warship and Yamamoto made all his warships sail together at this slow pace. Yamamoto's aircraft carriers were miles away from his battleships. After his airplanes flew bombing missions, they flew back to the carriers to refuel and load more bombs. This left his aircraft carriers unprotected and defenseless with no battleship nearby. Admiral Nimitz of the U.S. Pacific Fleet took the opportunity for his airplanes from carriers to fly in and bomb Yamamoto's carriers.
The Battle of Midway started as U.S. airplanes launched from the runways on the Midway Atoll and from U.S. aircraft carriers. Both Japan and the U.S. dropped torpedoes and bombs and fought one another in the sky. But, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto's plan for the attack was overly complicated. His had the biggest battleship in the world as well as many smaller battleships. He was convinced that the battleship was supreme and was proud of his big battleships. Yamamoto didn't believe an aircraft carrier could really do much damage to an enemy. He believed the aircraft carrier was to support the battleship not the other way round.
Yamamoto's fatal mistake.
Japanese battleships were slower than any other warship and Yamamoto made all his warships sail together at this slow pace. Yamamoto's aircraft carriers were miles away from his battleships. After his airplanes flew bombing missions, they flew back to the carriers to refuel and load more bombs. This left his aircraft carriers unprotected and defenseless with no battleship nearby. Admiral Nimitz of the U.S. Pacific Fleet took the opportunity for his airplanes from carriers to fly in and bomb Yamamoto's carriers.