Video Description

During World War II, Japanese pilots faced both the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy at sea — but it was the British carriers they truly feared. Unlike their American counterparts, British aircraft carriers were built with armored flight decks, designed to survive direct bomb hits that would devastate any other ship afloat. Again and again, Japanese dive-bombers and torpedo planes struck — only to watch the British carriers shrug off the damage and launch counterattacks within hours. These ships weren’t just tougher — they were nearly unsinkable.