During World War II, Japanese Special Attack Units (特別攻撃隊 tokubetsu kōgeki tai?, often abbreviated to 特攻隊 tokkōtai), also called shimbu-tai, were specialized units of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army normally used for suicide missions. They included kamikaze bombers, Fukuryu ("Crouching Dragon", suicide scuba divers), and several types of suicide ships and submarines.
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