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Old 03-03-11, 07:50 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen View Post
The point is that they shouldn't have wasted the man an materiel on prestige platform in the first place. Yamato had such significence that it could not be wasted in combat. As it's keel was laid in 1937, it is very likely that you could have built multiple useful platforms in time to serve during WWII.
yes, of course

But it seemed like a good idea at the time
I mean, in 1937 people still believed that the battleship is king

Also, Japan tried to compensate for having less ships with better ships.

They just never caught on with the convoy raiding
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