Click to open image viewer. Near the end of World War II, Vice Admiral Onishi Takijiro recommended that the Japanese navy form special groups of men and aircraft to attack the American warships ...
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka Early History and Specifications The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (桜花; “cherry blossom”) made its first unpowered flight on March 21, 1944, and its powered maiden flight in November of that ...
American sailors sweltering in the Pacific during World War II dreaded Japanese aerial suicide squads, or Kamikaze, whose attacks could be devastating: By the end of the war, these units accounted for ...