Spider is probably the battle of Midway. The US already cracked Japanese code detailing Operation MI. So they already know where the fleet will be going and prepared an ambush.
Spider is probably the battle of Midway. The US already cracked Japanese code detailing Operation MI. So they already know where the fleet will be going and prepared an ambush.
I think that represents the spider's web. The spider represents the USS fleet (the carriers) itself.
Kaga (Ka marking at the upper left wing)
Kaga evaded three bombs and got hit by four. Sunk around 7:22 PMSecond bomb, a hitSouryuu, sunk by three bombsFirst bomb, near-miss close to Akagi's island structureHiryuu.
10.5.4 is the composition of aircrafts left when she sinksUSS HornetJune 5th 1942, Akagi sinksRepresents the Shoukaku, she was gravely damaged after the battle of the Coral Sea. Thus preventing her to join the battle.SinkingSayonara
Makigumo scuttled Hiryuu"Imuya", the submarine who sunk the USS YorktownThird bomb, missed Akagi and fell into the waterMakigumoProud pride of first carrier division Akagi will not sink in place like this. I want to continue fighting"Death" (The Spider possible represents the USN Carriers)Mikuma, the only CA that was also sunk at Midway."To escape"
(Portrays Akagi's evasive move as she was being attacked by dive bombers.)Dive bomber squadron led by Richard Best sent three bombs to Akagi.
One near miss hit the edge of the flight deck. One bomb hit the deck near the elevator.Represents the Zuikaku that wasn't in the battle due to running out of planes. She didn't take damage during the battle of the Coral Sea.
