Yutaka yokota biography

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1635686
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Book
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Yokota, Yutaka
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(1966 printing)
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  • New York : Ballantine Books, 1962
  • 255 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 18 cm.
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Kamikaze submarine

Original language: English
Translated from: English
Authors:Harrington, Joseph D., Yokota, Yutaka
Translated by:Stanaitytė-Karsokienė, Aušra
Full translated source bibliographical description:

Yutaka Yokota, Joseph D.Harrington. Kamikaze Submarine. Leisure Books, 1962


ISBN: 978-9955-26-544-3
Published in: Vilnius
Published on:2016
Publisher: Briedis

Yutaka Yokota (born in 1926) – is someone who survived incredible Japanese imperial navy experiment which is turning people into live torpedoes. ,,Kamikaze submarine” is about a historical witness Yutaka Yokota who became a Kaiten pilot. Kaiten is a torpedo, which is piloted by a live person so every kaiten pilot came in peace with the idea of dying. This book is about kaiten pilots everyday life, their preparations  and wish to give up their lives for Japan.

The books is about a young and ambitious young man Yutaka who was serving in the Japanese military during world war 2. Yutaka always wanted to become a pilot so after couple times of trying he got into Japanese air forces tr

Kaiten

Crewed torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in WWII

This article is about the suicide torpedo. For other uses, see Kaiten (disambiguation).

Kaiten (回天, literal translation: "Turning the Heaven", commonly rendered as "turn of the Heaven's will", "the heaven shaker"[1]) were crewed torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II.

Background

In recognition of the unfavorable progress of the war, towards the end of 1943 the Japanese high command considered suggestions for various suicide craft. These suggestions were initially rejected, but later deemed necessary.[2] Various suicide craft were developed in the Japanese Special Attack Units.

For the Navy, this meant Kamikaze planes, Ohka piloted bombs, Shinyo suicide boats, Kaitensubmarines, and Fukuryu suicide divers or human mines. The Kamikazes were somewhat successful, and the second most successful were the Kaitens.[3]

Research on the first Kaiten began in February 1944, followe

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