Yamato_Tenichigo's video: Part 2: Battleship Yamato at The Battle of Leyte Gulf - 10 25 1944

Japanese CGI recreation of the Battle of Samar Island during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 10/25/1944. On the morning of October 25, 1944, Battleship Yamato and the Imperial Navy's "Center Force" -- consisting of battleships Yamato, Kongo, Nagato and Haruna, along with a score of cruisers and destroyers, managed to enter Leyte Gulf undetected, after making a mad dash through the previous night instead of retreating as they had appeared to do late on October 24 following air attacks by the USN. Their target was the American invasion fleet off the Philippines. Awaiting them at Leyte Gulf, off Samar Island, was USN Task Force "Taffy 3″ -- 6 escort carriers accompanied by a like number of destroyers. These carriers, only able to carry about 20 planes each instead of the 80 carried by fleet carriers, were supporting the invasion force by flying sorties against Japanese targets on the Philippine Islands -- they had no clue that they would ever find themselves facing the big guns of the Japanese Navy. In the morning, the US Admiral in charge of the task force received reports of unidentified ships approaching, which he shrugged off thinking that they must be US battleships which were also patrolling the seas to support the invasion. Only when one of his fliers radioed "They have pagoda masts!" did he get a cold chill of realization that they were in big, big trouble. Superbattleship Yamato opened fire first, followed by the rest of the Japanese forces. Their targets were the carriers. The US destroyers made smoke to cloud the horizon and charged the Japanese armada firing their guns ...