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The Massive Exploding Ship that Knocked Planes Out of the Sky

For the Empire of the Rising Sun, the end was looming large. By April 1945, US forces had relentlessly driven Japan’s once-expansive empire back to its home islands. Perched on the doorstep of Japan, ...
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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 ...