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title: "Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony"
brand: "jan morris"
price: "€ 42.36"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 8
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# Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony

**Brand:** jan morris
**Price:** € 42.36
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- **What is this?** Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony by jan morris
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## Customer Reviews

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    The greatest battleship.
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 September 2018*

This quite short book is not so much about the ship itself but rather what might have been the human story of the crew on the finalmission to challenge the American invasion of Okinawa.The Yamato was accompanied by a number of destroyers but crucially had no air cover and had to rely on ship board anti aircraft artillery.At her final refit in January to April 1945 for instance she had her close in 25 mm cannon armament  increased to 152 guns.The US Navy carrier based aircraft onslaught destroyed the world's greatest battleship with many bomb and torpedo strikes.A couple of proof reading slips page 62 suggesting the main 18 inch  guns fire at "7.5 per minute" and page 67 suggesting that Yamato had "eleven vast 18 inch guns".If the reader is really interested in the battleship itself a book "The Battleship Yamato" by Janusz  Skulski is a magnificent point of reference - trouble is at £30 it is a bit pricey.at £30 it is a bit pricey18 inch guns".

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    Reflections on war,  futility and a lost battleship.
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 April 2020*

This is a unique and reflective musing, essay call it what you will on the ultimate futility of war and evoking the sense of fruitless if stirring sacrifice of the loss of the world`s largest battleship in the dying days of the Second World War. It`s brief-less than an hours read and I suspect that if Jan Morris wasn`t a beloved literary icon now in her 90s this work of self indulgence would not have see light of day. As it stands this is reflection "of war, beauty and irony"will be enjoyed by anyone who enjoys her work or is looking for something a little out of the ordinary.

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    Glaring errors
  

*by J***O on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2019*

Not a bad little book,but 2 glaring errors.HMS Prince of Wales, Royal Navy battleship,was built by Lairds at Birkenhead,on the Mersey,not on the Clyde.World War 2 began in 1939,not in 1941 as the author states.The USA entered WW2 in 1941,2 years after it started.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-20*