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The battleship Yamato was among the largest and most powerful battleships of all time. Yamato has reached nearly mythical status, a perfect example of Japan’s fascination with doomed, futile heroics.
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A True Monster: Japan s Yamato Was the Biggest Battleship Ever Built
The battleship has reached nearly mythical status, a perfect example of Japan’s fascination with doomed, futile heroics.
Here s What You Need to Know: Not even a mega-battleship could overcome Japan’s grim strategic situation.
In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would sacrifice the largest, most powerful battleships ever built to protect Okinawa, the gateway to Japan’s Home Islands. The decision sealed the fate of the battleship
Yamato and its crew, but ironically did nothing to actually protect the island from Allied invasion.