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Loss of Yamato

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945Date range
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Chronological records

1945

Kosaku Aruga7 April 1945

East China Sea · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Aruga orders Yamato abandoned after uncontrollable flooding and remains aboard when the battleship capsizes and explodes.

Names involved

Kosaku Aruga

Provenance

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