officer of the kōgeki tai tokubetsu which literally means &quot;special attack unit&quot; erroneously called kamikaze

pilot

Takeo Yasuda was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. While serving as director of the Army's Aviation Technology Research Institute during World War II, he was a key figure in scientific and technological development for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, most notably his involvement in the early development of a Japanese atomic bomb during the early stages of the war.


Takeo Yasuda

soldiers of the Special Guard Corps of the Manchukuo Imperial Guards patterned after the Imperial Guard of Japan 