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The story of Hiroo Onoda is a classic explainer in the psychological extremes of military devotion. His legacy remains a subject of intense debate,...
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The story of Hiroo Onoda is a classic explainer in the psychological extremes of military devotion. His legacy remains a subject of intense debate,...
Summary and Key Points: The Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, converted from a Yamato-class battleship after Japan’s Midway losses, became the largest carrier built in...
Key Points You Need to Know: Battleships once defined naval power, but not all lived up to their reputations. -The Japanese IJN Fusō suffered...
Imperial Japan guessed poorly at Pearl Harbor. It misjudged the impact of its actions on a peacetime strategic competitor, made a foe of that...
Back in the day, Imperial Japan had quite a fierce war machine, and this was especially true of its warplanes. With that in mind,...
Operation Ten Go, the final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to affect the outcome of the Pacific War, is well known for featuring...
In the annals of United States Naval history, Vice Admiral Willis Augustus Lee Jr. (May 11, 1888 – August 25, 1945) is a relatively...
During World War II, Japan, England, Italy and Germany all employed midget submarines to stealthily infiltrate shallow, defended harbors and attack vulnerable capital ships....
Hyūga almost became the last aircraft carrier to be sunk from enemy fire as well. However, just a day later, on July 29, the...
Among the vessels lost during the war was the Imperial Japanese Navy's Shinano, the largest carrier built during the Second World War.