Foreward
This year marks the 70th anniversary of a number of pivotal battles from the Pacific War, the foremost among them being the Battle of Midway. To be honest, I had intended to write an article about this battle last month, but time got away from me! By way of apology, here is an excellent battle report from a War at Sea re-creation of the battle that was written by fellow Foruminian Shinnentai (re-posted here with his permission). Be sure to check out the many excellent custom paint jobs as you read the report! Now, I’ll turn it over to Shin:
Introduction
Hi all, here’s another report of me playing as the Japanese against my brother playing as the Americans – this time the Battle of Midway.
I kept the setup fairly simple, although after reading Shattered Sword I was tempted to have the US carriers hold 4 squadrons each, but work in a special rule for Hornet and Enterprise’s squadrons to have a chance of arriving at their targets in waves rather than together – perhaps once I get more US planes! In the event the only special rule I used was that in turn 1 the Japanese had to fly off an air attack on Midway, but not allow them to fly off any further attack aircraft.
Forces involved (Midway squadrons were somewhat bodged together, and most unpainted to boot! Also note the Hiryu’s temporary base ^^) :
Read on to see how the battle went!
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Now, on to a discussion of how I came up with it!
