伏ふく龍りゅう

noun

suicide divers; underwater suicide attack unit

Historical term for a Japanese Special Attack Unit in WWII; divers equipped with explosives to attack landing craft.

• 伏ふく龍りゅうは、第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん末まっ期きに日本にほん海かい軍ぐんが編へん成せいした特とっ攻こう部ぶ隊たいの一ひとつである。

  The Fukuryu were one of the special attack units organized by the Imperial Japanese Navy at the end of World War II.