Battle of Leyte Gulf

Watching a History Channel show about the battle of Leyte Gulf in WW2.

Apparently at some point, an American destroyer decided he was going to charge a Japanese fleet.

The American destroyer's biggest guns were 5 inchers.

The Japanese fleet included the Super-Battleship Yamato. Which has a bunch of 18.1 inch guns.

Lt Commander Evans, you've got some balls.

And he was apparently pretty effective. Granted he was using his torpedoes at that point. But for reference, his torpedoes had a lot shorter range than the Yamato's guns.

And apparently his ludicrous charge inspired some other American ships and planes to also attack. Which convinced the Japanese that they were facing a much bigger force than they actually were...

Well played, LtCdr Evans...