These special dive suits were designed for the Japanese Special Attack Units to fend off an invasion of the Home islands by Allied forces. The suits were armed with a mine containing 33 pounds (15 kg) of explosives attached to a 16 foot (5 meter) bamboo pole.

The divers, weighed down by...read more

The Japanese managed to build three of these behemoths during the war, vessels which hold the record as the largest conventionally powered submarines ever built. As part of the Japanese plan to dominate the Pacific Ocean — including the Western seaboard of the United States — they were designed...read more

Usualmente, a la hora de recordar el desarrollo de algunas de las armas más innovadoras y conceptuales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, surge el ejemplo de Estados occidentales. Pero cuando se trata de tecnologías militares experimentales, Japón no ha carecido de ideas.

Los japoneses...read more