Here Are the Numbers That Made the Mitsubishi Zero the Most Famous Japanese Aircraft Ever

Designed entirely from scratch by a 30-men team in record time, the Mitsubishi A6M quickly became the king of the sky in the Pacific War. But its history began long before the Pearl Harbor attack. In the late '30s, the Japanese Empire was engaged in the Sino-Japanese war against China. It needed aircraft to fight against the Soviet-built Popov I-15 and I-16, the American  (continue reading...)