Looks like one of the twin, 25mm, Type 96 anti-aircraft guns on the starboard side of the #WW2 Imperial Navy Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, lost at the Battle of Midway on 5th June 1942, now ...

The aircraft carrier Akagi (“red castle”) was one of the most powerful warships of its time. It began construction as a battlecruiser in 1923, but the passage of the Washington Naval Treaty ...

This episode explores how the same Japanese carrier fleet that struck Pearl Harbor, including the Akagi, launched a devastating surprise attack on northern Australia. It marked the dawn of carrier ...