72,000 Tons Under the Waves: Sinking the Battleship Yamato Took Nearly 400 American Aircraft and 11 Torpedoes
In April 1945, Japan sent the Yamato — the largest and most powerful battleship ever built — on a one-way suicide mission to Okinawa. With only enough fuel to reach the island, she was meant to smash…
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