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World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Kikusui I in the East China Sea.
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World War II
1939–1945 global conflict
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Japanese battleship Yamato
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Yamato was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing nearly 72,000 tonnes at full load…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Kikusui I
Japanese naval operation in World War II
Operation Kikusui I , literally Operation Chrysanthemum Water 1, best known as Operation Ten-Go , literally Operation Heaven, was the last major Japanese naval operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II. In April 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
East China Sea
Marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean
The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. China names the body of water along its eastern coast as "East Sea" due to direction, the name of "East China Sea" is otherwise designated as a formal name by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)