If You Were Nimitz

Six months after Pearl Harbor. You've just lost a carrier at Coral Sea. Intelligence says Japan is preparing its next big move under the codename 'AF' — three U.S. carriers against four Japanese. You know only what Nimitz knew — Station Hypo's reports, staff voices, the orders attested in the record. After five decisions, your command style is matched to a real commander archetype — Nimitz, Spruance, Halsey, and others.

Briefings, Nimitz's actual decisions, and shadow outcomes are grounded in Walter Lord (1967), Lundstrom (1984), Parshall & Tully (2005), and Symonds (2011). There is no right answer — the game only mirrors what kind of hand yours is.