ABOVE AND BEYOND

S JAPAN’S FORTUNES IN THE PACIFIC ARENA went from bad to worse, and with an American invasion of the home islands on the, or “special attack,” that included submarine-launched Kaiten human torpedos, hand-delivered antitank “mines,” and—most famously—kamikaze (“divine wind”) aircraft. Though not the first deployed, the Ohka was the only custom-designed, purpose-built kamikaze plane to see action.