Japanese Special Forces ?

Discussion in 'Special Forces' started by Drew5233, Nov 11, 2008.

  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    I've been wondeing for a few days (I know-I must be careful) :)

    I know America, Germany, France, Canada, Austrailia, NZ and Britain had well documented SF during the Second World War but what about the other key players?

    Italian Special Forces?

    Japanese Special Forces?

    Would you consider Kamikaze's as Special Forces?
     
  2. Warlord

    Warlord Veteran wannabe

    The Italians had the X M.A.S., under Prince Valerio Borghese, which with its Gamma swimmers and "------" human torpedoes, inflicted lots of damage to allied shipping, both merchant and military. Here´s a link to a site with relatively detailed info about it:

    http://www.regiamarina.net/

    About the Nips, I wouldn´t consider the Kamikaze as special forces, because even though extremely brave, they received almost no training at all. However, the Kaiten crewmembers were another story, since their missions weren´t completely suicidal, and the kind of hardware they fought with did require specialized training.
     
  3. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Nips? How about something less derogatory.
     
  4. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Russian Special Forces is another one?

    I know they were the first to invent Airborne Troops.
     
  5. Warlord

    Warlord Veteran wannabe

    The OSNAZ (Army Special Purpose Detachments) were NKVD troops which fought against Jerry in WW2 as airborne units. Sorry I couldn´t dig up some more info, but I´m sure the experts around here will come out with something... ;)
     
  6. Ivan1

    Ivan1 "Take this!!!"

    Japanese also had a small number of airborne squads, which were parachuted in an attempt to recapture the U.S. controlled airfields during the battle of Okinawa.
     
  7. Warlord

    Warlord Veteran wannabe

    Japanese also had a small number of airborne squads, which were parachuted in an attempt to recapture the U.S. controlled airfields during the battle of Okinawa.

    That one I didn´t know; my knowledge of their airborne ops doesn´t go beyond the N.E.I. invasion.
     
  8. Ivan1

    Ivan1 "Take this!!!"

    I have a photo of such paratrooper somewhere. Will post it later.
     

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