The Battle off Samar was one of the final large-scale naval engagements of the Pacific Theater, marking the last stand of Japan’s once-mighty fleet. On October 25, 1944, during the larger Battle of ...

Mikami said they were “considering beaching it (the Yamato) on Okinawa in the end to launch a desperate attack.” Ito replied that he “understood well that what was required was a battle ...

Yamato was sunk during the closing days of the Pacific War in 1945 while making a sortie to Okinawa Prefecture on a suicide mission. The lathe is about 17 meters long, 5 meters wide and 5 meters high.

After learning that his wife Capt. Yuki Mori-Kodai disappeared in the battle and that legendary space battleship Yamato has been fully rebuilt, Susumu Kodai accepts command of the ship as he ...

In the interviews below, meet two Yamato veterans still haunted by memories of the battle that took most of their comrades' lives. Just 18 years old at the time of the attack, Kazuhiro Fukumoto ...