Requiem for Battleship Yamato

The book was first published in 1949. The book was partially censored by Americans during the occupation of Japan.^[1] It was later rewritten several times and published in various forms. The book became influential, and became a basis of 1953 film Battleship Yamato [ja] and 1990 TV series Battleship Yamato [ja].

An English version, translated by Richard H. Minear, was published in 1985 under the title Requiem for Battleship Yamato.^[2][3]

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