Japanese Victory at Midway What If?

The Battle of Midway in June 1942 was the turning point of the war in the Pacific. Most Americans had no idea how close the Japanese came to a victory which could have changed the outcome of the Second World War. This book provides an account of the plans the Japanese had for Hawaii, the West Coast and even the Panama Canal. It examines and weighs up the tough decisions President Roosevelt had to make to protect the Americans living on the West Coast of the United States, and even the landing of June 6, 1944. Any delay of the invasion of France may have given the Germans the time necessary to make progress in the development of weapons of mass destruction.

Raleigh Bell was a naval aviator in the 1960s who roomed with aviators who were in the Battle of Midway. What some saw and learned gave him the interest to write this story. The author explains that this was a battle we shouldn't have won and if we had lost, what weapons Germany had that might have changed the outcome of World War II. If the Japanese had won this battle, what pressure would have been on President Roosevelt to protect the West Coast of the United States?