Last Stand of Japanese Heavy Cruiser - Battle of the Malacca Strait Documentary

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On May 9th 1945, the Japanese Heavy Cruiser Haguro deployed into the malacca strait from Singapore. It was to be the ships’ last voyage. A few days later, Haguro was ambushed by a flotilla of Allied destroyers, who used dozens of torpedoes and heavy gunfire to sink her, over the course of an hour-long battle where Haguro’s crew made their final stand.

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0:00 - The Indian Ocean in 1945
3:00 - Ridge Wallets
3:39 - Opening Moves
5:13 - The Chase Is On
7:54 - The British Attack Begins
10:06 - Haguro's Last Stand
13:16 - Aftermath

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Sources:

John Winton, Sink the Haguro!: Last Destroyer Action of the Second World War
Corelli Barnett, Engage the Enemy More Closely
M. J Whitley, Destroyes of World War Two
M. J Whitley, Cruisers of World War Two
Evan Mawdsley, War for the Seas
https://www.naval-history.net/....xGM-Chrono-10DD-54S-

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