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Fukuryu were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units prepared to resist the invasion of Japan's Home islands by Allied forces. Six thousand men were planned to be trained and equipped with diving
Statue of Fukuryu Diver wielding explosive mine weapon
During World War II, Japanese Special Attack Units, also called shimbu-tai, were specialized units of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army, normally used for suicide missions. They in
Fukuryu
…Fukuryu (Japanese: 伏龍, Hepburn: Fukuryū) (also known as suicide divers and kamikaze frogmen) were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units prepared to resist the invasion of Japan's Home islands by Allied forces. Six thousand men were planned to be trained and equipped with diving equipment…
On 11 April 1945, a Navy Type 0 carrier fighter of the Kamikaze Special Attack Squadron's 5th Kemmu Squadron (piloted by Flight Sgt. Setsuo Ishino) just before crashing into the USS Missouri
On 12 April 1945, a VBIED variant of fighter plane "Hayabusa" (flown by Sub-lieutenant Toshio Anazawa) of the 20th Shimbu Squadron of the Army Special Attack Unit is seen departing from Chiran Army Airfield, while female students of the Nadeshiko Squadron of Chiran Town High School for Girls look on.
USS Lexington museum in Corpus Christi, Texas. An account of the suicide attack Lexington suffered on 5 November 1944 (a suicide plane hit the Rising Sun Flag spot).
Ohka at the Yasukuni Shrine