June 5 saw the aftermath of the Battle of Midway play out. At 0215 two Japanese cruisers spotted the approaching US submarine USS Tambor and started zigzagging, hitting each other, and resulting in 92 deaths aboard the Mogami. At 0450 the Akagi was scuttled. At 0510 the Hiryū was scuttled by torpedoes from destroyer Makigumo. Hiryū’s Captain Kaku and Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, commander of the 2nd Carrier Division, went down with the ship in a pointless death.
Things went better for the Tanikaze, a destroyer, that managed to avoid being hit in an attack by no less than 66 dive bombers on this day, following up on the Battle of Midway.
Japan, on the same day, began raiding in the Mozambique Channel.
The British attempted a counterattack against the Afrika Korps that failed, with the Germans resuming the offensive that afternoon.
The United States declared war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
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