Kamikaze: Japanese Special Attack Weapons 1944-45

by Steven J. Zaloga, Ian Dexter Palmer, Ian Palmer

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, a euphemism for suicide attacks. These initially consisted of crude improvisations of conventional aircraft fitted with high-explosive bombs that could be crashed into US warships...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849083533
• ISBN13: 9781849083539
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.3" x 9.4"