"Pre-WWII, the Japanese Navy commissioned the creation of impressive "supership" Yamato, strongly opposed by a top official
insisting on more strategic and battle-ready warships. After being ignored without cause, Admiral Yamamoto recruits a math
genius to help uncover what he soon suspects is a massive conspiracy." - YouTube
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I found this film to just be terrific. An excellent history of the battleship Yamato from the Japanese POV. If you've never seen
this know that it gets a serious "mTk Seal of Approval." Enjoy.
"If brute force doesn't work you aren't using enough brute force." - mTk
War does not determine who is right, but it does determine who is left. - B.Russell
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"Overkill is underrated." - Col John "Hannibal" Smith
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From what I’ve read, The Great War of Archimedes isn’t really about admiring Yamato so much as questioning the mindset that created her. That alone makes it worth a look — the ship was impressive, but the real story may be the strategic dead end she represented.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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That looks fascinating.
One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
- George Orwell, Homage To Catalonia