The Germans used a coding device called Enigma. It was a Polish invention and the Poles smuggled a machine out to England. The movie, " The Imitation Game ", detailed the British efforts for breaking the codes.
Being good business people, the Germans sold this machine to the Japanese. The U.S. got a copy from the British and were able to start breaking the codes of the Japanese. That's how they first learned of the plans that led to the Midway battle. To keep secret the fact German and Japanese codes were being broken, they could not just go out and strike at the Nippon fleet. Scout planes were sent out to "accidentally" discover the attack force. Once the scout planes were spotted by the Japanese, the U.S. forces could move.
The resulting battle, in terms of numbers was a loss for the U.S. forces. But, the sinking of the enemy aircraft carriers by U.S. planes turned the tide of the war in the Pacific.
Japan did not have the industrial power of the United States and could not replace their losses. The U.S. with all it's resources and mass production factories went into all out action, cranking out ships, planes and other war materials at a fantastic rate.
There were many other "upsets" due to the Enigma machine decoding enemy messages. The British almost took this resource away from us. A decoded message revealed Admiral Yamamoto's location and his plane was shot down, with no cover story of how the U.S. knew he was going to be there. Luckily Japan never guessed how he was located.
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