Talyn
SAINT
From a former IJN naval officer first hand experience.
With few options left, the Imperial Japanese Navy decided in the spring of 1945 to dispatch the superbattleship Yamato, the cruiser Yahagi, and eight destroyers on a kamikaze mission against the U.S. invasion armada off Okinawa. A participant in the one-way operation recalls the Japanese force's tragic end as well as a memorial voyage 61 years later.
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With few options left, the Imperial Japanese Navy decided in the spring of 1945 to dispatch the superbattleship Yamato, the cruiser Yahagi, and eight destroyers on a kamikaze mission against the U.S. invasion armada off Okinawa. A participant in the one-way operation recalls the Japanese force's tragic end as well as a memorial voyage 61 years later.
The Imperial Navy's Final Sortie
The April 1945 one-way mission of the battleship Yamato, cruiser Yahagi, and eight destroyers had virtually no chance of success. A survivor of the operation offers his perspective on the Imperial Japanese Navy's last gasp.
