Battle of Midway, 1942: The Sinking of Mikuma in 3D

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The day after the main battle at Midway, the Japanese cruiser Mikuma is retreating westward, damaged and trailing oil... With air cover lost and American carriers still in the area, the situation is uncertain. At dawn on June 6th, U.S. Navy dive bombers locate the cruiser. As they begin their attack runs, Mikuma’s crew scrambles to respond. Midway's final engagement is about to commence... Consider supporting HoH: ►Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HouseofHistory ►Become a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjvbQ_ZRQ0EH6qVYQ9ApXCw/join ►Leave a tip: https://www.paypal.me/HouseofHistory Socials: ►Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/jK3YnVrUuU ►My Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oscar_HoH Like the charts in the background? Visit https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=22 and use the code "HOUSEOFHISTORY" for 10% off! 🧾 Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 📚 Sources: Fuchida, Mitsuo, and Masatake Okumiya. Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy’s Story. Naval Institute Press, 1955. Hone, Trent. Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945. Naval Institute Press, 2018. Lord, Walter. Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway. Harper & Row, 1967. 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. Written by House of History Special thanks to Killerfish Games for use of War on the Sea footage! Check out WotS here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280780/War_on_the_Sea/ 🎵 Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound 🎶 My referral link: https://share.epidemicsound.com/njr7j0 House of History uses the Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2024, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved. 🖼 Photos, paintings and imagery: Public Domain, Wikicommons #HouseofHistory #History