Kamikaze: Japanese Special Attack Weapons 1944–45Bloomsbury Publishing, 20 Sep 2011 - 48 halaman The destruction of much of the remainder of the Japanese fleet and its air arm in the later half of 1944 left the Japanese Home Islands vulnerable to attack by US naval and air forces. In desperation, the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed using “special attack” formations, or suicide attacks. These initially consisted of crude improvisations of conventional aircraft fitted with high-explosive bombs that could be crashed into US warships. Called “Divine Wind” (Kamikaze), the special attack formations first saw action in 1944, and became the scourge of the US fleet in the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. In view of the success of these attacks, the Japanese armed forces began to develop an entire range of new special attack weapons. This book will begin by examining the initial kamikaze aircraft attacks, but the focus of the book will be on the dedicated special attack weapons developed in 1944. It also covers specialized suicide attack weapons such as anti-tank lunge mines. |
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TOKKO DURING THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN | |
Special Attack Aircraft The Ki115 Tsuragi | |
Midget Submarines | |
Tokko Craft in the Final Defense of Japan | |
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4th Air Army 5th Air Fleet airbase Akatsuki regiments American April Arashi Assault Group attack aircraft August Banda Squadron bases battleship began bomb codename combat commanders conventional crash boats damaged deployed detonation escort carrier fighters frogmen Fugaku Squadron Fukuryu fuze harbor human torpedoes IJN Tokko Iwo Jima Japan Japanese air June Kairyu Kaiten Type kamikaze kamikaze aircraft kamikaze attacks Kawatana Ketsu-Go Kikusui Koryu Kugisho Kure landing craft launched launchers Lingayen Gulf March Marianas Mitsubishi Model 43 Nakajima NARA Naval Navy November October Ohka Model 22 Ohka Type 11 Ohka/Isshiki combination Okinawa campaign Operation Arashi Operation Tan parent submarines percent Philippines campaign pilot plans production propulsion raids September 1944 Shinyo boats Shinyo Squadrons Shinyo Type sortie Special Attack suicide Suisei sunk tank target Tokko aircraft Tokko attacks Tokko missions Tokko units Tokyo trainer Tsuragi Type 1 Mod Ulithi Atoll underwater warhead warships Yokosuka