Design Goals that Spawned the Zero

In the early months of World War II, one aircraft seemed almost unstoppable. 

Fast, agile, and capable of outmaneuvering almost anything in the sky, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero became the symbol of Japanese air power across the Pacific. 

Allied pilots feared it, military planners studied it, and its strengths and weaknesses would shape the future of aerial combat. 

Learn more about the rise and fall of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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