Selasa, 18 April 2017

Goliath Unleashed: Japan’s Supership

When Japan’s supership finally took aim at its intended enemy during history’s greatest naval battle, the result was not at all what the Japanese had envisioned. Thursday morning, October 25, 1944, found the battleship Yamato steaming down the east coast of the Philippine island of Samar. The largest surface warship of its age was leading …

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