In the early afternoon of 25 October 1944, after the third U.S. air attack of the day, Zuikaku was stopped, listing severely to port, and clearly sinking. Surviving crewmen mustered on the flight deck, gave a final "Banzai" cheer and abandoned ship. Zuikaku, last of the six carriers that started the Pacific War with the Pearl Harbor attack almost three years earlier, capsized and sank shortly afterwards.
- Japanese Navy Ships: Zuikaku
En bild tagen från ett amerikanskt flygplan; Zuikaku till vänster.
Wikipedia: Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku
2 kommentarer:
Men vad betyder "banzai"?
Kort: "leve kejsaren", "hurra!" ungefär.
Längre: Ten thousand years
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