The Japanese Yamato-class battleships were the most significant vessels ever to steam the high seas. They were gargantuan dreadnoughts. Japan even had a plan to build a more enormous battleship – the ...

Prior to the days of Tomahawk missiles and aircraft carriers, battleships were the way a nation would flex its muscles at sea. In 1941, as the Imperial Japanese Navy was in the midst of its dash ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Not even a mega-battleship could overcome Japan’s grim strategic situation. In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would sacrifice the ...

Key Point: It was a humiliating end for a battleship capable of twenty-seven knots, but the lack of fuel and other military resources made for truly desperate times. In early 1945, the Imperial ...