Japanese suicide bomber crashes into the water after being hit, Okinawa Island, July 1945

Photograph. Japanese suicide bomber crashes into the water after being hit by anti-aircraft guns.

Japanese suicide plane crashes into ocean near a U.S. Navy carrier, Pacific Ocean, July 1945

Photograph. Japanese suicide plane crashes into ocean after narrowly missing a U.S. Navy carrier.

Japanese suicide plane hits the sea with a splash close to American carriers, Pacific Ocean, June 1945

Photograph. Japanese suicide plane hits the sea with a splash close to American carriers; smoke from exploding antiaircraft shells visible in sky.

Japanese suicide rocket bomb on Okinawa, Japan, 1945

Photograph. U.S. Marines examining a Japanese manned flying bomb on Okinawa. Official Caption: "Rome.

Japanese supplies stored beneath trees at New Britain in September 1944

Japanese supplies stored beneath trees on New Britain. "Captured enemy supplies on New Britain." New Britain. September 1944.

Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri, 1945

Photograph. Allied sailors and officers watch Japanese officials leave the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. 2 September 1945

Japanese surrender ceremony, 1945

Photograph. Allied officers watch at the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. 2 September 1945

Japanese surrender ceremony, 1945

Photograph. Allied sailors, officers and cameramen watch Japanese officials at the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. 2 September 1945

Japanese surrender ceremony, 1945

Photograph. Japanese official during the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. 2 September 1945

Japanese surrender on Iejima, Ryukyu, August 1945

American troops watch as a specially marked Mitsubishi G4M-1 "Betty" aircraft lands during the Japanese surrender on Iejima.

Japanese surrender party leaving the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 September 1945

Scene from the Japanese Surrender Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63).

Japanese Tactics