The US Navy Communications Group OP-20-02 Station "HYPO" Communications Intelligence Unit at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii intercepted and decoded radio messages of the Japanese military plans and the US Navy sent Task Force 16 and 17 to ambushed them.
From intercepted messages
Nimitz had knowledge of the secret Japanese battle plans
Admiral Chester Nimitz .
From intercepted messages :)
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto was Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy and responsible for the Midway operation. Admiral Chuichi Nagumo commanded the Striking Force of aircraft carriers responsible for carrying out the operation. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet and was responsible for the strategy to defend Midway. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance commanded the two U.S. carrier task forces responsible for defending Midway.
From intercepted messages
Nimitz had knowledge of the secret Japanese battle plans
Admiral Chester Nimitz .
Nimitz had knowledge of the secret Japanese battle plans
battle of midway
Admiral Chester Nimitz
From intercepted messages :)
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto was Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy and responsible for the Midway operation. Admiral Chuichi Nagumo commanded the Striking Force of aircraft carriers responsible for carrying out the operation. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet and was responsible for the strategy to defend Midway. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance commanded the two U.S. carrier task forces responsible for defending Midway.
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto commanded the Imperial Japanese Navy and was responsible for the plan to attack and invade Midway. Admiral Chuichi Nagumo commanded the aircraft carrier strike force that was responsible for destroying any U.S. naval forces that intervened and the military installations on Midway. There was no Japanese general involved in the battle.
Battle Of Midway
The senior Japanese commander was Admiral Chaichi Nagumo. The senior American commander was Admiral Jack Fletcher.
Admiral Nimitz was the leader of the Battle of Coral Sea on March 1942. He was also the leader of Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942