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by Fumihito Yamamoto
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter was one of the most famous fighter planes of the Second World War. But do you know what the “Zero” signifies? The Zero of the Mitsubishi Zero fighter represented the last two digits of Year 2600 in Kōki (皇紀) calendar – the year it was first commissioned – […]
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