If America Had LOST The Battle Of Midway: 'Japan Invades Hawaii And Russia Struggles To Fight On'

In early June of 1942 the might of the Imperial Japanese Navy steams towards Midway, a 2.4 square mile piece of US territory, Tokyo commands its fearsome carrier group to seize the strategic foothold, sever vital supply lines and cripple the Allied war effort. But unbeknownst to them, code breakers have intercepted the order and alerted the US Pacific Fleet. Within days, the island that Hawaiians call the backbone of heaven would become the setting for a hellish battle with devastating consequences for Japan's Pacific ambitions. The Battle of Midway would turn the tide of the Second World War, but what if it had failed? 00:00 Introduction 02:03 Japanese Pacific Expansion 05:32 Superpowers Promo 05:53 Midway explained 14:46 Main battle 18:52 McClusky’s decision 20:00 Flight to nowhere 25:49 What If Japan could have won at Midway? 33:38 A U.S. defeat explained 35:47Japan invades Hawaii 39:05 Soviet Union impact 42:35 Impact on Australia 44:05 The Manhattan Project 45:35 Outro Welcome to History Undone with James Hanson, a channel that looks back at pivotal moments and asks 'What if?'. We'll be looking at key battles, strategic decisions and political outcomes with leading historians and current military experts and tacticians to see what might have happened differently, and more importantly, what impact those differences might have had on the world today.