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The battle of air and sea What if you were in the situation where the japanese did sneaky surprise attacks when you are not ready what would you do to survive?. The battle of midway was a air and sea battle with the pearl harbor and the japanese which was very hard for both armies especially for the harbor because of their carriers being attacked and demolished. The battle of midway was a hard time for the harbor and the air defense and the carriers it was also hard for the japanese and their planes being shot down by the air defense and having to travel that far to get there and just get killed and shot down. How does it feel to be up in the planes in the war?, all of the japanese air attacks would go quietly to the harbor where the carriers would be and they would drop deadly bombs that would destroy and damage there air defense guns. The planes were a big part both ways in the war the japanese would do sneak attacks and the harbor planes would try to defend and kill or drive away the japanese. Also the carriers on the harbor had guns to defend the carrier from air and plane attacks. The planes were used for many uses in the war like defense and sneak attacks and many many uses. …show more content…

The carriers sent out the planes and they would wait but a lot of the planes didn't come back and soon they realized that a lot of them go into traps ad died or crashed. There defense was no longer as good as it was before so that was a devastation to the pearl harbor. So in conclusion to that it was pretty hard for the carriers and all of the pearl harbor with the carrier situation and there

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