Today I learned about "Fukuryu" - WW2 Japanese suicide divers
Apparently to defend the Japanese home islands they didn't just have Kamikaze planes, but also Suicide divers ready to destroy any allied landing craft.
Combine this with training women and children in hand to hand combat with the goal that they each kill 1 invader before they shall perish. . . The Japanese really were ready to throw the kitchen sink + Any chance of survival at the Americans. (In last weeks episode, the goal of the Japanese govt was to be prepared for the 100 million massacre.)
Fukuryu (Japanese: 伏龍, Hepburn: Fukuryū) (also known as suicide divers and kamikaze frogmen) were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units prepared to resist the invasion of Japan's Home islands by Allied forces. Six thousand men were planned to be trained and equipped with diving equipment...