Kamikaze: Japanese Special Attack Weapons 1944-45
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 attac…
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Weitere Autoren: Palmer, Ian (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84908-353-9
- EAN: 9781849083539
- Produktnummer: 8427227
- Verlag: Osprey Pub Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 48 S.
- Masse: H25.0 cm x B18.7 cm x D0.4 cm 175 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 180
- Gewicht: 175
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Steven J. Zaloga, illustrated by Ian Palmer
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