Second World War at Sea: Midway Game - 2002 - Avalanche Press Ltd. - New Old Stock

Second World War at Sea: Midway Game - New Old Stock by Avalanche Press Ltd. Category:  Board Games Genre:  Strategy Game Year:  2002 2 Players120 Min Playing Time Ages:  12+ DESCRIPTION:           On the morning of 4 June 1942, fifteen TBD-1 Devastator bombers of Torpedo Squadron Eight took off from the USS Hornet to attack the Japanese carrier force operating off Midway Island. All fifteen of them were shot down as they pressed their attack, yet not a single pilot veered away. While Japanese fighters slaughtered the low-flying torpedo planes, American dive bombers passed overhead and began their screaming dives onto the Japanese carriers, sinking three of them and dooming the Japanese Empire. The sacrifice had not been in vain. Both Japan and the United States had sought a final, decisive battle for control of the Pacific Ocean. When the Japanese unleashed their MI Sakusen plan to capture Midway Island in June 1942, the U.S. Navy was more than happy to m