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Tango0120 Mar 2019 3:12 p.m. PST

"The story of the Yamato is a warning to all armed forces that the march of war technology is merciless and unsentimental.

In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would sacrifice the largest, most powerful battleships ever built to protect Okinawa, the gateway to Japan's Home Islands. The decision sealed the fate of the battleship Yamato and its crew, but ironically did nothing to actually protect the island from Allied invasion…"
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ScottWashburn Sponsoring Member of TMP22 Mar 2019 4:32 a.m. PST

Yes, but the Yamato's sacrifice later saved the Earth from the Gamilons and Comet Empire :)

Tango0122 Mar 2019 11:47 a.m. PST

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