Word: musashi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...militarists desperate." Among the results were assassinations of liberal statesmen in Tokyo and deliberate attacks on Americans in China, including the sinking of the river gunboat Panay in 1937. That was also the year that the Japanese navy laid down, in secret, the hulls of the Yamato and Musashi, 63,700-ton battleships. By 1941 the Japanese navy was "more powerful than the combined Allied Fleets in the Pacific." It was superior to the U.S. fleet, says Morison, in destroyers and torpedo design, and its carrier planes "Zeke" and "Kate" were to prove superior in the early months...
...minutes the drawing was over. Chatting pleasantly, the guests began to leave. On the way out, Captain Watanabe was asked if he had done any sea duty during the war. "I served on the Musashi,'* he replied, almost with reverence. "I was a staff officer of the Combined Fleet...
...Called the world's most powerful battleship, the Musashi displaced 72,809 tons fully loaded, sported nine 18-inch guns-the world's largest. U.S. Navy flyers sank it with six torpedoes and numerous bomb hits in the Battle for Leyte Gulf...