Batt battle. This talk was part of a day long symposium to mark the battles 75th anniversary. It is about 45 minutes. Were going to kick off our Afternoon Program with a little bit different perspective than some of the things weve been hearing about this morning. We talked a lot this morning about midway from a u. S. Per spect i. Although walt did some talk about the japanese thinking that led them to midway. But we are going to build on that and go a little bit deeper out of the japanese side, specifically the japanese combined fleet and their perspectives because in many ways they are as central to the action. A noted expert on the japanese navy. Hes written numerous publications on various aspects of the naval war in the pacific and should provide illuminating perspective today. Without further adieu, anthony tulley. Thank you all. Thank you for putting this on. Thank you all for coming. Okay. What i would like to do testing. Okay. What i would like to do is i would like to segue i
Anthony tully will build on that and it will go a little deeper on the japanese side. Many ways, they are just as central to the battles outcome as any u. S. Action. Anthony tully is a noted expert on the navy, he has written on various aspects of the neville were of the specific pacific. Without further ado, anthony tully. Anthony thank you all. Thank you all for coming. What i would like to do is and drop the battle back in time a little bit in the setup leading into that. March there was the completion very. If you see this red line here. This barrier is what they called thedefensive barrier for areas they have just conquered, starting from pearl harbor all the way through february, to the start of march, the concord indonesia, singapore, borneo, wasphilippines, this area the consent of the Japanese Army to make sure they continue to defend. The next question that arose was which direction with her next offensive go. The japanese general headquarters, but the navy and the army, they
Tony. Well kick off our Afternoon Program with a little bit different perspective. Weve been talking about midway and the setting from a u. S. Perspective although walt did a great job talking about some of the japanese thinking that led them to midway. But Anthony Tully will build on that and go deeper on the japanese size, specifically the combined fleet and the perspective because in many ways theyre essential to the battles outcome as any american action. Tully has written publications of the naval war in the pacific and should provide a very illuminating perspective today. Without further ado, Anthony Tully. Thank you all. Thank you for putting this on. Thank you all for coming. Lets see. Okay. Okay. What i would like to do testing. Okay. What i would like to do is i would like to segue into what Walter Boardman covered coming up to the battle of coral sea, drop back in time a little bit from that in the setup from the Japanese Point of view. Leading into that. At the end of march
Various aspects of the neville in the pacific. Without further ado, anthony tully. Anthony thank you all. Thank you all for coming. What i would like to do is segue to the battle and drop back in time a little bit in the setup leading into that. At the end of march there was the completion very. Barrier. If you see this red line here. This barrier is what they called the defensive barrier for the areas they have just conquered, starting from pearl harbor all the way through february, to the start of march, the concord they conquered indonesia, singapore, borneo, the philippines, this area was the consent of the Japanese Army to make sure they continue to defend. The next question that arose was which direction with her next offensive go. The japanese general headquarters, but the navy and the army, they want to go down here to cut off the supply line and what australia in a position that they could even look at raids or the invasion of some of the coast. This was the preference of the
Georgia where a special Congressional Election pinned as referendum on President Trump himself has the political world on edge. There is news this morning the race is heading toward a runoff in june after none of the candidates who vied for the vacant seat received the majority votes needed for a win. The leading democrat in the race and the president himself are claiming victory. For more, we go to nbcs tracie potts. Reporter this is a big deal outside of georgia. Democrats are pinning their hopes on jon ossoff, the 30yearold filmmaker who wants to replace health and Human Services secretary tom price who gave up this longtime republican seat. Ossoff won 48 of the vote. Check out the results. We learned early this morning the closest republican, karen handel, a former secretary of state in georgia won 19 of the vote. Both sides are claiming victory. Democrats say this shows that the people even in a state and in a district like this thats been deeply republican arent with President Tr