The Battle of Midway - Sinking of the IJN Akagi, Kaga and Sōryū - 3D Animated

As the battle intensifies, waves of American torpedo bombers and dive bombers from Enterprise, Hornet, and Yorktown launch an assault against the heart of the Japanese carrier fleet. Kaga, Akagi, and Sōryū find themselves under siege, their decks packed with refueling and rearming aircraft...

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📚 Sources:

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Hone, Trent. Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945. Naval Institute Press, 2018.

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Lundstrom, John B. The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway. Naval Institute Press, 1984.

Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. IV: Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942–August 1942. Little, Brown and Company, 1949.

Parshall, Jonathan B., and Anthony P. Tully. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Potomac Books, 2005.

Prange, Gordon W., with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. Miracle at Midway. McGraw-Hill, 1982.

Symonds, Craig L. The Battle of Midway. Oxford University Press, 2011.

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