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'Yamato' is a Naval Legend: She was the biggest warship of WWII and the World's Largest and Heaviest Battleship

The biggest warship of World War II and the world's largest battleship. Yamato was designed around the idea that an individual ship could have superiority over any battleship of a potential enemy. Her main guns had overwhelming firepower. The ship maintained a very high level of survivability...read more

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Astonishing 9 Artworks from: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" by Robert McCall

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Artwork was done for the movie's release. This art was used for movie posters, theater lobbycards, and on the soundtrack record album. Here is a sample of some of the movie's art:

  1. Main poster
  2. Nightime approach
  3. Launch planes
  4. Vals dive
  5. Rear gunner
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 HQ Batallón) December 08, 2016

Some Interestings Facts You Should Remember About Pearl Harbor Attack and 7 General Awesome Views

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"Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

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Details of the fate of the 18 Battleships and Battlecruisers sunk in World War II

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Battleships and Battlecruisers were still seen as the height of sea power at the beginning of WWII, and having the most powerful and fastest battleships was considered all important, but by the war's end, these floating fortresses found their...read more

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Epic True Color Footage of 'Great Marianas Turkey Shoot' - The Battle of the Philippine Sea

The Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19-20 June 1944, was the last of the major carrier aircraft battles of the Pacific War, a series of battles that started in the Coral Sea in 1942. It is sometimes called the "First" Battle of the Philippine Sea since the Battle for Leyte Gulf in October 1944 is...read more

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"Isoroku" or "Admiral Yamamoto": A World War II Movie from a Japanese Point of View

"Isoroku" is a 2011 Japanese war drama film about Isoroku Yamamoto. Kōji Yakusho, an awared Japanese actor, portrays Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who prepared the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Opposed to the plan, Yamamoto must nevertheless carry out his orders and commit one of the...read more

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Air Progress: Japanese Air Force World War II Fighters by Douglas Rolfe

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The December 1954 edition of Air Trails magazine, a mere decade past the end of World War II, did a short feature on 11 of the Japanese Air Force's most important airplanes. Description and role for each model is brief.

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 HQ Batallón) October 01, 2016

Captured Zero Fighters Yielded Intelligence for Allies

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During 1941, seated at the kitchen table in his rented house in Coronado, California, a naval aviator spent an evening with match sticks arrayed in front of him, each representing an aircraft. Lieutenant Commander John S. “Jimmy” Thach’s goal as he...read more

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Testimonials: Japanese WWII 'Zero' pilot reflects on life and war

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Former Japanese fighter pilot 99-year-old Kaname Harada reflects on his nation's wartime past as Japan marks seven decades since the end of World War II.

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Japan's War in Colour - Documentary with never seen before films

Japan's role in World War II gets a whole new perspective in this consisting entirely of full color footage, including color films from Japan that were recently discovered. As the visuals of the world war take on a new vivid immediateness, the story of the rise of the militarists in Japan is...read more

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