"Admiral Nimitz and the Battle of Midway" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 05 Jun 2020 8:20 p.m. PST |
t is now generally accepted that the American victory over potentially overwhelming odds in the Battle of Midway (3–6 June 1942) was made possible mainly through cryptanalysis of radio transmissions the Japanese sent in their naval operational code. Information from this source reached Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet (CinCPac), via the Pearl Harbor radio intelligence unit (Station Hypo). The unit was headed by Lieutenant Commander Joseph J. Rochefort, who generally made contact with CinCPac headquarters by scrambler ("hotline") telephone to Lieutenant Commander Edwin t. Layton, Nimitz' intelligence officer… Article from 1976. link |
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