the Empire of Japan built the largest battleship the world had ever seen and then decided to use it in the dumbest way possible.

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Sources:

Russel Spurr. A Glorious Way to Die

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/supership/last-nf.html

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/yamato-was-hell-sink%E2%80%94and-it-went-out-bang-nuclear-blast-192257