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Early in the Pacific War, many Japanese aviators dismissed American dive bombers as slow, outdated, and vulnerable—easy prey for faster fighters. But at Coral Sea and especially Midway, U.S. crews proved that “slow” didn’t matter when a dive bomber could appear from high altitude, line up with ruthless precision, and deliver a hit that changed the entire battle in minutes.

This story follows how aircraft like the SBD Dauntless—and later the SB2C Helldiver—turned disciplined attack profiles, timing, and accuracy into a capital-ship threat. We break down why dive-bombing was so hard to stop, how precision attacks punished ships at the worst possible moment, and why Japan’s early confidence about “obsolete” American bombers collapsed once the losses started stacking up.

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