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    April, Hiryū's aircraft helped sink two British heavy cruisers and several merchant ships during the Indian Ocean Raid. After a brief refit, Hiryū and three...
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  • Hiryū (Japanese: 飛龍), meaning "Flying Dragon" may refer to: Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū, Japanese Army bomber Strider Hiryu...
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  • Strider, released in Japan as Strider Hiryū, is a 1989 hack and slash game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. Set in a dystopian future where...
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  • Hiryū no Ken (飛龍の拳, lit. "Fist of the Flying Dragon") is a series of fighting video games dating back to 1985. They have been developed by Culture Brain...
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    Division 2 (Hiryū and Sōryū), recommended that Nagumo strike immediately with the forces at hand: 16 D3A1 dive bombers on Sōryū and 18 on Hiryū, and half...
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    except Yamaguchi's flagship Hiryū. Yamaguchi quickly ordered two successive attacks on Yorktown which crippled it. Hiryū was then crippled by aircraft...
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    Best participated in the attack on the last remaining Japanese carrier, Hiryū, possibly scoring one of the four hits that sank her. Best's gunner, James...
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    carrier design was very similar to that of Hiryū. The ships were lightly built, and the main difference from Hiryū was that the carriers' island was placed...
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  • Virtual Hiryū No Ken is a fighting video game released for the Sony PlayStation, which was published by Culture Brain. The game is basically a prequel...
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    Japanese Navy (IJN) during the mid-1930s. A sister ship, Hiryū, was intended to follow Sōryū, but Hiryū's design was heavily modified and she is often considered...
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