Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would ever occur.

Don’t you want me to die in battle?” Hiroshima City resident Reiji Fujimoto, 93, recalled the evening in 1945 when his father ...

A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that ...

Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for ...