Along the way I found this story, the story of the Yamato. “Are we not samurai? Then as samurai we must die. The Yamato must die a glorious death.” For me, one of the most fascinating aspects ...

The Yamato was sunk by U.S. carrier-borne aircraft on April 7, 1945, as it sailed toward Okinawa where its commanders were ordered to beach the vessel and use its mighty arsenal as a gun battery.