The Air Raid That Destroyed IJN Nachi, 1944 - Animated

In November 1944, after the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Japanese heavy cruiser Nachi was at Manila while American carrier forces struck across the Philippines to cut Japanese air and naval movement around Luzon. Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima had brought Nachi through the fighting around Surigao Strait, but the ship was now exposed inside a harbour increasingly threatened by aircraft from Task Force 38... Every video on House of History is manually animated, researched and written from scratch. Consider supporting us here: ►Patreon:   / houseofhistory   ►Become a channel member:    / @hoh   ►Leave a tip: https://www.paypal.me/HouseofHistory ►Official website: https://www.houseofhistory.tv/ Socials: ►Join our Discord:   / discord   ►My Twitter:   / oscar_hoh   🧾 Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 📚 Sources: Written by House of History 🎵 Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound 🎶 My referral link: https://share.epidemicsound.com/njr7j0 🖼 Photos, paintings and imagery: Public Domain, Wikicommons #HouseofHistory #History