Japan Thought USS Yorktown Was Gone — Then She Showed Up at Midway and Won the War

Japan Crossed Her Off the List. She Showed Up Anyway and Sank Three of Their Carriers. ⚓ In May 1942, Japanese naval intelligence declared USS Yorktown destroyed — struck down in the Coral Sea and removed from their order of battle. They built their entire Midway operation around that belief. They were wrong. In a Pearl Harbor dry dock, 1,400 workers repaired a crippled fleet carrier in just 72 hours — a feat that had never been attempted in the history of naval warfare. Yorktown sailed to Midway in secret, contributed to the destruction of three Japanese fleet carriers in a single morning, and absorbed two full strike packages meant for Enterprise and Hornet. She went to the bottom of the Pacific on June 7, 1942 — but the battle had already been decided. This is the full story of how one ship, and the men who refused to let her die, changed the course of the Pacific War. ⚓ 00:00 Introduction — Japan's Fatal Mistake 05:20 The Coral Sea Damage and the 90-Day Estimate 12:45 Nimitz Orders the Impossible: 72 Hours 22:10 Station HYPO Breaks the Code 31:30 The Six Minutes That Decided the Pacific War 40:15 Hiryu Strikes Back — Yorktown Hit Twice New videos every week. 👉 Subscribe here:    / @worldwartales   #WWII #WorldWarII #WorldWarTales #WWIIHistory #WarHistory #MilitaryHistory #WW2Stories #UntoldWWII #HistoryDocumentary #MilitaryEngineering #WarTales #SecondWorldWar #HistoryChannel