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The Sinking of Soryu: How Three Bombs Killed a Pearl Harbor Raider

#BattleOfMidway #WWIIHistory #NavalWarfare On June 4th, 1942, three bombs fell from American dive bombers and destroyed one of the fastest aircraft carriers ever built. The IJN Soryu—capable of 34+ knots—was engineered as a "greyhound of the seas," sacrificing armor and protection for pure speed and offensive striking power. For six months, this design philosophy seemed vindicated through victories at Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Darwin, and across the Indian Ocean. Then came Midway. This documentary explores the engineering decisions, tactical doctrines, and strategic assumptions that created Soryu. We examine why Japanese naval architects chose speed over armor, how the Washington Naval Treaty constraints shaped their "quality over quantity" approach, and what happened when a ship optimized for offensive operations was caught defensively vulnerable during the fatal rearming chaos at Midway.