Labels: text | lake | screenshot | outdoor | water OCR: BATTLE MAPS After losing their carrier strike force at Midway, Admiral Yamamoto began a retreat. 1942, he devised a plan RndMap On June 5, R to lure the American carriers north. A light carrier group off the Aleutians would be reinforced by battleships and 1 CAPE heavy carriers from the Midway task force. He hoped to use 2 SURIAGO the threat of an Aleutian-Alaskan invasion to trap the US ships and avenge the loss at Midway, but he discarded this radio traffic from Wake Island was 3 BISMARCK plan for another. used to attract American ships within bomber range of Guam. Heavy 4 BLACKSEA bait. Admiral Nimitz saw through these feints and did not take What might have happened if he had? the 5 FALKLAND 6 MERS 7 SHINANO 8 IRON Yamamotos Trap 9 YAMAMOTO <A>bort <V>iew <U>se this map