The Imperial Japanese Navy had adopted the Kantai Kessen naval strategy before World War 2 even broke out. Based on the works of American naval historian Alfred Thayer Mahan, Japanese strategists ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.

Yamato was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy shortly before World War II. 9pm WORLD WAR II MEGA WEAPONS - History - This series unveils the engineering ...