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Originally Posted by Platapus

One question: What makes Mitsuo Fuchida's book on Midway any more or less credible than the other books written about Midway?

He made stuff up, and altered the story in a self-serving way (he was there, after all).

The whole bit about the IJN being moments from launching their strike against the USN, for example. They could not have launched for maybe 45 minutes, not the 5 minutes he claims. There are a few issues discussed at length in Shattered Sword. Note that he only held long credibility outside of Japan, he work was discredited there decades ago.