As victory in Europe was secured in May 1945, the war in the Pacific raged on with undiminished ferocity. Facing Japan’s refusal to surrender and the horrifying projections of Operation Downfall, ...

Japanese battleship Yamato, pictured here in October 30, 1941, was spotted by US sub USS Sealion in November 1944.Imperial Japanese Navy In November 21, 1944, the US submarine USS Sealion came up a ...

What You Need to Know: Japan’s Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, embarked on a one-way mission during the final stages of World War II. In April 1945, with just enough fuel for a single ...

(Reuters) - Some of the first video taken of the sunken Japanese battleship Musashi, newly discovered by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's exploration team, reveals that the vessel broke apart before ...

The largest, most massive battleships to ever exist were the Japanese Yamato-class WWII-era warships which incorporated nine ultra-large 460mm 18.1-inch naval guns. The large weapons, designed for ...

In November 21, 1944, the US submarine USS Sealion came up a group of Japanese warships in the Taiwan Strait. Over several hours early that morning, Sealion attacked the Japanese ships, sinking the ...