00:01It's 7 am in the morning on June 4th, 1942.
00:06In the midst of the Pacific Ocean, Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
00:10paces the bridge of the immense Japanese aircraft carrier, the Hiryū.
00:15Today he bears the great honor of commanding two aircraft carriers, the Hiryū and the Sōryū.
00:22Alongside two other carriers, the Akagi and Kaga,
00:30 the four ships make up an elite task force known as the Kidō Butai.
00:36It’s a crucial day for both Yamaguchi and the Japanese Navy:
00:40just two hours ago, a Japanese force of 108 planes was launched to attack Midway atoll,
00:46a vital US military base in an ambitious operation.
00:51Yamaguchi’s restless steps are halted by the captain of the Hiryū
00:54Tomeo Kaku with the urgent message from their superior and head of the operation,
01:07The alarm is raised aboard the Hiryū.
01:10The Hiryū comes under attack from American aircraft flying from the still operational Midway base.
01:18They're spotted and Zeros come in quickly to intercept the Americans.
01:23They savagely cut through the American torpedo bombers
01:26 who lack fighter escorts to keep them safe.
01:28Some American aircraft still manage to launch attacks.
01:36But the gods are with the Japanese.
01:38They narrowly miss the Hiryū and the others in the Kidō Butai.
01:43There is to be a second attack on Midway Islands.
02:04The sailors frantically begin to rearm the planes.
02:07Half an hour into rearming, they barely manage to switch bombs on just half of the planes,
02:12leaving the Kidō Butai unfit to attack enemy ships.
02:15And with the Japanese hangars filled with explosives they are especially vulnerable to bombing attacks.
02:21That’s exactly when Yamaguchi receives the news that confirms his worst fears.
02:32Although they can’t tell specifically what types of vessels they are,
02:35any naval presence is a threat and cause for immediate alarm.
02:40An order comes from Nagumo.
02:50Precious time has been wasted,
02:51and now they're stuck between two strategies.
03:01Meanwhile, planes from Midway keep coming.
03:04The Japanese anti-aircraft guns fire towards the attackers.
03:09The awesome stopping power of the Japanese defense does its grim work.
03:13An American plane goes down, then another.
03:16The Americans, though, are relentless,
03:19and the Hiryū is showered in near misses.
03:24Yamaguchi grows ever more impatient with Admiral Nagumo.
03:28Why don’t the other carriers launch an attack while Hiryū deals with the bombers?
03:42But there's no time to launch.
03:44The Japanese planes that attacked Midway earlier on arrive and they need to land immediately.
03:49For half an hour the Kidō Butai carries out the painstaking, time-consuming effort
03:54of recovering all the returning planes.
03:59All the while Yamaguchi can barely hold his composure.
04:02The last plane screeches to a halt.
04:09Swarms of American torpedo planes appear over the water,
04:12heading straight for the Kidō Butai.
04:14And these are different to the Army Air Force planes from before.
04:18It's not just American surface ships they're up against,
04:21it's aircraft carriers.
04:23The American Naval Air Force has found them.
04:26The Zeros that are in the air jump into action.
04:35The Zeros dive down and swoop behind the slow and vulnerable American torpedo planes.
04:41The skill of the Zero pilots is unquestionable.
04:44They let loose their guns and American planes are shot down in scores.
04:48Yamaguchi watches the distant splashes as American torpedo bombers go down.
04:53But in the lead, there are still bombers flying.
04:56They get closer and closer, and somehow through the maelstrom manage to launch their torpedoes.
05:02The deadly payload streaks silently beneath the blue waves.
05:06On board the Hiryū five streaks are spotted approaching the starboard side.
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06:05Back on Hiryū Captain Kaku puts her into a hard turn.
06:11The ship swings round.
06:12Despite her size, Hiryū is nimble.
06:16Incredibly, under the skill of the Japanese captains no Japanese ships are hit.
06:21But with all the maneuvers made, Kidō Butai has broken formation.
06:25There's a brief celebration and the men cheer.
06:29But Yamaguchi frowns, knowing that despite their victory in fielding off the American torpedo attack,
06:37At 10:22 am he glances to the sky.
06:40What he sees nearly stops his heart.
06:43Nearly 50 US Navy SBD Dauntless bombers from two different flights appear above.
06:52The Japanese Zero fighters are all engaged down low,
06:58seeing off the last of the enemy torpedo bombers.
07:04There are none in place to stop the swarm of Dauntlesses preparing to dive from high above.
07:09Yamaguchi’s stomach sinks as he watches the Americans slowly edge into their dives and descend upon the Kidō Butai.
07:17Southwest, 30 bombers dive straight for the Kaga,
07:21anti-aircraft fire snakes skywards as the Japanese put up a wall of lead.
07:26But it's not enough.
07:30On board the Kaga her hangar decks are strewn with bombs and torpedoes.
07:37A series of catastrophic explosions rip the Kaga apart.
07:43Yamaguchi sees the fireball
07:47and feels a shockwave,
07:49but doesn't even have time to register the cataclysmic blast from the Kaga
07:54as he spins round to the East to see 17 Dauntlesses dive on the Sōryū.
08:00There's an explosion.
08:03Through the flaming sea Yamaguchi turns to look upon the Akagi,
08:06the flagship of his superior, Admiral Nagumo,
08:10to see just 3 Dauntlesses dive upon the Akagi.
08:14They bear right down on her and drop their payloads.
08:17One bomb is released.
08:25Two bombs miss, but there's a third.
08:28And it smashes into the middle of the flight deck,
08:31penetrating into the lower decks and exploding.
08:35Devastating secondary explosions soon follow.
08:38All that remains of the Kidō Butai is Yamaguchi and his ship,
08:44As a wave of dive bombers, now out of bombs,
08:47 are forced to disengage and head for home.
08:50Yamaguchi is in command of the last strike capability of the Kidō Butai.
08:55He is gripped by a sense of determination.
08:57Yamaguchi allows himself a slight smile and nods to his second-in-command.
09:34The 24 aircraft launch, led by Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi, commander of Hiryū’s dive-bombers.
09:40En-route to the American carriers,
09:43the formation encounter a group of US aircraft.
09:45The Japanese fighter escort peels off to engage and gets left behind,
09:50leaving the bombers unprotected.
09:53At 11:55 Kobayashi sights the American fleet some 25 miles away.
09:58He takes his 18 dive bombers into a climb to gain altitude.
10:03The Japanese planes fly in two groups of nine,
10:06one slightly above the other, ready to make their attack.
10:10Just as 12 American Wildcat fighters rush onto the scene
10:14The first group of Japanese bombers is blasted by 5 Wildcats,
10:18the other seven Wildcats attack the second group of the Japanese head on.
10:23Without the fighter escort, it soon becomes a massacre as Japanese planes rapidly fall from the sky.
10:29By the time 4 Zero fighters from the escort catch up the damage has already been done.
10:34Only 10 Vals remain, 2 of which jettisoned their bombs during the melee in order to maneuver.
10:41A desperate Lieutenant Kobayashi spots an American carrier below.
10:46It’s the USS Yorktown.
10:47Despite the casualties, he’s determined and signals for them to begin the attack.
10:52The eight armed aircraft break into two groups, ready to dive.
10:57One group of three heads East,
10:58and the other group of five circles to approach from out of the sun.
11:02Anti-aircraft fire snakes up towards the Japanese as the ship’s gunners throw all they have at the attackers.
11:09Bravery of the Japanese pilots is unquestionable,
11:17Lieutenant Kobayashi is last seen in the middle of the action over the Yorktown as his Val is hit
11:25Then two more suffer the same fate.
11:28But 3 bombs in succession make direct hits on the Yorktown!
11:32The first bomb penetrates the hangar deck.
11:34The second lands just next to the island amidships.
11:37The last hits the elevator and detonates deep within her hull.
11:41The 5 remaining Vals turn for home.
11:44By the end of the attack Hiryū's dive-bomber unit has been shattered:
11:4813 out of 18 Vals have been shot down with three Zero fighters also lost.
11:54Despite their losses, the attack has not been in vain.
12:01From the reports from scout planes Yamaguchi is aware that he’s facing 3 American carriers
12:10He calls on Lieutenant Jōichi Tomonaga, who originally led the morning strike on Midway.
12:33Tomonaga’s own plane was damaged during the morning strike and has technically been deemed unserviceable.
12:39The technicians of Hiryū patch it up as best as they can, but the fuel tanks are leaking heavily.
12:57He climbs into his damaged plane solemnly,
12:59knowing that this is destined to be a one-way mission.
13:03An hour into the flight,
13:04Tomonaga sights the US carrier task force some 35 miles away with one seemingly intact carrier,
13:13Tomonaga has no idea that this is actually the previously damaged Yorktown.
13:19He immediately orders an attack.
13:22The Japanese enter a gentle dive from altitude.
13:26Tomonaga splits his force into two groups of five.
13:29Each group will sweep ahead of the target and conduct an anvil attack.
13:34Tomonaga coaxes his plane nearer and nearer to the Yorktown, aching to score a hit.
13:39But before he’s close enough, an American Wildcat intercepts from behind and opens fire.
13:45Tomonaga’s Kate catches alight but with grim determination and skill,
13:49he holds the burning plane level, long enough for him to drop his torpedo.
13:54He’s shot down and tumbles into the water.
13:58The last thing he sees is his torpedo trail.
14:01His torpedo doesn’t hit.
14:03Neither do the two other two launched by his four-wing section.
14:06All of them are shot down by fighters or anti-aircraft fire.
14:12The damaged Yorktown turns as quick as she can, but as she does,
14:16the second force of five planes streak towards the port bow.
14:20The release system of one of the torpedo planes fails and 4 torpedoes are launched.
14:25They streak towards the desperately maneuvering ship...
14:30Two devastating explosions rock the port side and the ship immediately comes to a halt
14:36and takes a 23-degree list.
14:40the surviving planes return to Hiryū.
14:43In spite of the heavy losses,
14:45the debriefing of the surviving pilots gives Yamaguchi cause for encouragement.
14:49Yamaguchi believes he has disabled a second American carrier,
14:51and he plans a third strike for 6 pm.
14:54But before he can launch his plan into action,
14:57Yamaguchi's optimism is shattered.
15:00At 3:50 in the afternoon, a Japanese scout aircraft radios that two other American carriers
15:06are operating in another large task force located to the northwest, some 120 miles from the Hiryū.
15:20Yamaguchi’s worst fears come true, just over an hour later at 5 pm,
15:2524 American aircraft appear overhead.
15:296 Dauntless bombers dive on Hiryū,
15:32but the ship turns sharply to port.
15:36Japanese gunners unleash their guns
15:38and all enemy planes fail to make a hit.
15:41Soon 14 more dive bombers turn for Hiryū.
15:45The Hiryū is straddled with spouts of white water as she violently turns,
15:52two bombs hit her on the forward flight deck.
15:55Yamaguchi looks up to see a final group of 3 begin their dives.
16:01In a matter of seconds, two more bombs hit the forward flight deck of Hiryū creating a deep crater.
16:08The fires now burn out of control and the last hope of Yamaguchi's strike lie blazing down in the hangars.
16:16At 9:23 pm, the ship goes dead in the water but with Yamaguchi still aboard.
16:23Darkness settles across the flaming ocean.
16:25At 2:30 am, some 800 survivors gather around Yamaguchi in the flickering light of the flaming ship.
16:47With that, the men turn to face Tokyo.
16:50"Banzai, Banzai, Banzai!"
16:54The national ensign is then lowered.
16:58As the Rising Sun flutters down from the yardarm,
17:00 a flourish of bugles rings through the night, playing the national anthem, “Kimigayo.”
17:06Yamaguchi asks for 2 messages to be conveyed, the first to Admiral Nagumo:
17:22The second message goes to Captain Toshio Abe,
17:25commanding Destroyer Division 10 on the nearby flagship Kazagumo.
17:34Captain Kaku chose to share the fate of the ship despite Yamaguchi's order.
17:39The admiral understood and did not protest.
17:43At 5:10 am the destroyer Makigumo fires 2 torpedoes: one misses, the other explodes with a roar.
17:55The carrier finally sinks at 9:12 am.
17:59Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi went down with this ship
18:03and was posthumously awarded the Order of the Golden Kite, 1st class.
18:07Captain Kaku who stayed with him till the end was posthumously promoted to Rear Admiral.
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