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Modern Marvels - Season 12 Episode 30 Secret Japanese Aircraft of World War II
In the 1930s, Japanese designers created a range of warplanes, culminating in the legendary Ki-43 Oscar and the A6M Zero. As the war turned against Japan, designers created the rocket-powered Shusui, the Kikka jet fighter, and the experimental R2Y Keiun. We also disclose frantic preparations to assemble a secret air force of jet and rocket planes to counter an anticipated US invasion in1945, and chronicle post-war aviation and the birth of the Japanese rocket program in the 1950s and ’60s.
- Year: 2022
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: History, H2
- Keyword: technology, invention, disaster, construction, machine
- Director: Bruce Nash
- Cast: