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It was a sign of their desperation. Yamato is the ancient and sacred name for Japan, and the IJN would not have sacrificed their greatest battleship without good reason. The US island hopping strategy had taken the Solomons, the Gilberts, and the Marshalls. The Marianas were next, which would put the US within bomber range of Japan, and the Japanese knew it. Sending the Yamato on a suicide mission to the Marianas was an attempt to prevent their capture by the US.
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