Video: '(2/5) Pacific Lost Evidence Okinawa World War II' (Yamato sunk at 6:23)

(Saturday, April 7, 1945, 12:41-2:23 p.m. JST; during the Battle of Okinawa, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — American planes today intercepted and effectively destroyed a Japanese fleet, which included the battleship Yamato, that was headed to Okinawa on a suicide mission.

Video: 'The Last Battleship: IJN Yamato'