特とく別べつ攻こう撃げき隊たい

noun

special attack unit; suicide squad; kamikaze unit

Refers specifically to Japanese military units in World War II that carried out suicide attacks, especially the kamikaze air units. Often abbreviated as 特攻隊.

See also: 特攻隊

• 特とく別べつ攻こう撃げき隊たいは、太たい平へい洋よう戦せん争そうで組そ織しきされた。

  The special attack units were organized during the Pacific War.

• 彼かれの祖そ父ふは特とく別べつ攻こう撃げき隊たいの一いち員いんだった。

  His grandfather was a member of a special attack unit.