The Coffin Boats — Japan's Suicide Submarines

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Japan was losing the war. So, they built a weapon that asked for something no weapon ever had before.

[00:00:06]The pilot's life.

[00:00:08]They called it the Kaiten, a torpedo just big enough for one man. He'd climb in, lock the hatch, and guide it directly into an enemy ship. No eject, no escape, no way out.

[00:00:22]The pilots were volunteers, some just 17 years old. They wrote farewell letters, bowed to the emperor, and climbed inside knowing they'd never come back out.

[00:00:32]The ones who missed their target didn't survive either.

[00:00:35]They simply ran out of air.

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