Funnily enough, the uselessness of battleships were proven by none other than Japanese themselves, at Pearl Harbor first and Kuantan sealed the deal. Thing is, IJN was torn by two loosely defined factions, one led by Yonai and Yamamoto which preferred modern approach and the other were old concrete. What sealed the deal with Yamato was Yonai actually supporting the construction as part of more complicated political deal behind it, but he got tricked and eventually ousted from office. What they did succeeded was to build absolutely iconic ship which memory unfortunately and incredibly fan flames of the militarism in Japan.
Funnily enough, the uselessness of battleships were proven by none other than Japanese themselves, at Pearl Harbor first and Kuantan sealed the deal. Thing is, IJN was torn by two loosely defined factions, one led by Yonai and Yamamoto which preferred modern approach and the other were old concrete. What sealed the deal with Yamato was Yonai actually supporting the construction as part of more complicated political deal behind it, but he got tricked and eventually ousted from office. What they did succeeded was to build absolutely iconic ship which memory unfortunately and incredibly fan flames of the militarism in Japan.