Japan Built the World's Largest Battleship in 7 Years — American Carrier Planes Sank It in 5 Hours

For four years, Japan poured everything it had into building the largest, most heavily armored battleship the world had ever seen. Nine 18.1-inch guns. Armor no shell could pierce. A ship designed to be unsinkable. It lasted nine hours. This is the story of Musashi's final battle in the Sibuyan Sea — watched in real time by the admiral who commanded her fleet, and powerless to stop what was happening to the ship his entire navy considered invincible. Told from the Japanese side. Subscribe and hit the bell so you don't miss the next one. 🔔 Sources: Spurr, Russell. A Glorious Way to Die: The Kamikaze Mission of the Battleship Yamato. Newmarket Press, 1981 Yoshida, Mitsuru. Requiem for Battleship Yamato. University of Alabama Press, 1985 U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command — Battle of Leyte Gulf action reports Paul Allen / RV Petrel expedition records, 2015 — Musashi wreck discovery #ww2 #worldwar2 #japanesenavy #musashi #leytegulf #ww2history #ww2documentary #militaryhistory #enemylines #japanesepov #battleship #pacificwar #ww2channel #historylovers #ww2buff #worldwar2history #ww2naval #ww2pacific #japanesemilitary #navalhistory

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