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Yamato - The magazine blast that created a 6,000 m cloud and took planes with it

As Okinawa was invaded in April 1945, Japan launched a one-way surface strike built around Yamato, the largest battleship ...
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The sinking of Yamato: Japan’s last naval gamble

In April 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato sailed on her last mission—Operation Ten-Go. Ordered to attack Allied forces at Okinawa, she was intercepted by waves of U.S. carrier aircraft before ...