Key Points and Summary on Yamat0-Class Battleships – The Imperial Japanese Navy’s WWII-era Yamato-class warships were the ...

What You Need to Know: The Yamato-class battleships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, designed by Imperial Japan before World War II to assert naval dominance.

After World War II, the Emperor said, "Our much-valued Yamato was deployed at this time but without communications with aircraft, and that is why it failed." He added, "With strategy out of step ...

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Summary: The tragic fate of the battleship Yamato in 1945 embodies Japan’s ultimate sacrifice during World War II, aiming to defend Okinawa but ultimately failing to impact the Allied invasion ...

“World War II radar, on the flip, could give you a very good range number, ... Yamato and Iowa wouldn’t have stood turret-to-turret in an arena like a pair of heavyweight boxers.

Pre-World War II, the Japanese Navy commissioned the design and creation of the impressive "supership" Yamato, strongly opposed by a top official insisting on more strategic and battle-ready warships.

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The names of Japanese sailors who went down with the Yamato — once the largest battleship afloat during World War II — will be added to a memorial commemorating the ...

“The Great War of Archimedes” is a new Japanese war movie about the World War II battleship Yamato from Toho Studios, home of Godzilla. It’s coming to the U.S. on June 15 with an all-new ...

SERA, Hiroshima -- "Wars leave hell in your heart for the rest of your life," stated a 91-year-old man who was involved in the October 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf, during World War II, while on ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture–The Defense Ministry has proposed building a multifunctional defense complex at a former steel works site here where the massive battleship Yamato was built, municipal ...

US billionaire Paul Allen announces he has discovered the famous WW2 Japanese battleship, Musashi, more than 70 years after it was sunk. ... The Musashi and its sister vessel, the Yamato, ...