Tag: Naval history

• 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 a harrowing and unprecedented event: the first successful Japanese Kaiten suicide submarine attack. This tragic chapter unfolded at Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, marking a desperate and deadly tactic employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Kaiten, translating…

  davidclensy

  November 20, 2024

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  history, japan, Kaiten, Mississinewa, Naval history, navy, Second World War, Suicide Submarines, USS Mississinewa, World War II, WW2, WWII