kamikaze

Kyushu’s Underwater Kamikazes: Hiji Oga Kaiten Memorial Park and Ruins
Kyushu’s Underwater Kamikazes: Hiji Oga Kaiten Memorial Park and Ruins

Kyushu’s Underwater Kamikazes: Hiji Oga Kaiten Memorial Park and Ruins

The suicidal kamikazes were the Japanese empire’s last ditch effort to slow advancing Allied forces. Viewed as tragic heroes today, most of them sortied out from Kyushu and many of the former kamikaze bases have sprouted memorial hall museums and…

The Japanese Home Front V: Kawatana, Home of Shinyo and the Fish-Shaped Water Bomb (Katashima Torpedo Testing Facility and Shinyo Memorial)
The Japanese Home Front  V: Kawatana, Home of Shinyo and the Fish-Shaped Water Bomb  (Katashima Torpedo Testing Facility and Shinyo Memorial)

The Japanese Home Front V: Kawatana, Home of Shinyo and the Fish-Shaped Water Bomb (Katashima Torpedo Testing Facility and Shinyo Memorial)

This series is about the Japanese home front in and around Sasebo, Japan during World War II. It is not a condemnation or critique of actions taken by either side during the war but rather a look at the civilian…