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The Fall of Yamato: Inside the Tragic Destruction of Japan’s Greatest Battleship

On the morning of April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, behemoth of naval engineering and pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy, sortied on what was essentially a suicidal mission. Operation ...
The National Interest

Yamato: Japan Sent the Biggest Battleship Ever On a 1 Way ‘Final’ Mission

What You Need to Know: Japan’s Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, embarked on a one-way mission during the final stages of World War II. In April 1945, with just enough fuel for a single ...
The National Interest

Japan’s Battleship Yamato Exploded ‘Like a Tactical Nuclear Weapon Going Off’

Key Point: It was a humiliating end for a battleship capable of twenty-seven knots, but the lack of fuel and other military resources made for truly desperate times. In early 1945, the Imperial ...
Stars and Stripes

Okinawa peace memorial to add names of Japanese battleship Yamato’s crew

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 Battle of ...
Gizmodo

Producer of Space Battleship Yamato dies after falling off a ship called Yamato

Yoshinobu Nishizaki, the 75-year-old producer of the Space Battleship Yamato animated series, marketed in the United States as Star Blazers, has died. The producer, whose real name was Hirofumi ...
Kotaku

VR Battleship Yamato

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from VR Battleship Yamato Full Scale Restoration of the Japanese battleship “Yamato” in VR. Battleship Yamato was constructed during the World War Ⅱ in 1941, and ...