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 ...
Summary and Key Points: “The Great War of Archimedes” presents a fictionalized account of the political maneuvers behind the construction of the Japanese battleship Yamato, a symbol of Japan’s naval ...
Explore the captivating story of the Yamato battleships, Japan’s formidable naval superweapons during World War II. This ...
Key Point: Was this a complete waste of time? In January 1936 Japan announced its intention to withdraw from the London Naval Treaty, accusing both the United States and the United Kingdom of ...