In 1944, the Imperial Japanese Navy was desperately searching for ways to keep U.S. forces from encroaching on their home islands. B-29s were already bombing Japan’s cities, and the occupied ...

The Nakajima Kikka ("Orange Blossom") was Japan's first turbojet (not to be confused with turbofan) aircraft, developed in 1944–45 as the Pacific War turned against Japan. Inspired by Germany's failed ...