4 years 1 week ago - 4 years 1 week ago #535
by Nikita
April 7, 1945
In the context of
Operation Ten-Gō
, a suicide mission of the Japanese navy to counter the American advance on Okinawa, the battleship
Yamato
, accompanied by a light cruiser and eight destroyers, is sent to confront an American fleet of eight aircraft carriers. Furthermore, the Americans have in reserve three additional aircraft carriers, six battleships, cruisers and destroyers. They will not need it. At 2:23 p.m., off the Ōsumi peninsula, the 72,000-tons Japanese giant explodes under the blows of 386 aircrafts from the American naval aviation, resulting in the death of 3,332 crew members. There will be only 277 survivors.
Last edit: 4 years 1 week ago by Nikita.
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