Suicide Squads

Covers the weapons and missions of the 'Special Attack' units of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army, the Royal Navy, Royal Italian Navy, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe. The author traces the development and deployment of weapons ranging from the world's largest battleship to its smallest submersibles. Includes full details of the operations of the Japanese Shinyo and Maru-ni explosive motorboat squadrons, based on first hand accounts of former officers of the Imperial Navy. Also includes details of Japanese midget submarines, Kaiten human torpedoes, Kamikaze air squadrons, Fukuryu frogmen, Banzai charges, Italian midget submarines, MTM explosive boats, German Biber and Seehund midget submarines and experimental aircraft.

Richard O'Neill
Paperback 272 pages 2001