Suicide Squads
During World War II, missions involving experimental aircraft and naval vessels were often suicidal, sometimes intentionally so. Italian commandos of the Decima Mas pioneered the use of piloted torpedoes and other underwater gear to conduct a number of hazardous, but successful raids on British shipping in the Mediterranean. British midget submarines, or x-craft, were instrumental in the sinking of the German and Japanese super-ships Tirpitz and Togawa.Most famous of all were the Japanese suicide units of the late-war period. Most of these flew conventional aircraft intended to deliberately crash into Allied capital ships, although a purpose…
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Weitere Autoren: C'Neill, Richard
- ISBN: 978-1-84065-082-2
- EAN: 9781840650822
- Produktnummer: 9502848
- Verlag: Salamander Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.2 cm 503 g
- Auflage: Revised.
- Gewicht: 503
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