Tag: Kaiten
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The first Japanese Kaiten suicide submarine mission: Attack on USS Mississinewa
Eighty years ago today, on 20th November 1944, the Pacific theatre of World War II witnessed an unprecedented event: the first successful Japanese Kaiten suicide submarine attack. We’ve all heard of kamikaze attacks in aircraft – but the suicide submarines go largely unremembered today. This little known incident unfolded at Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline…
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