Kamikaze 1946 (2000 Antarctic) comic books

By Ted Nomura. AP Core Title! "Pikadon"?In real history, the two American A-bombs were an instrumental tool in ending the war, giving the Japanese government the excuse they needed to secretly conclude the Pacific war before the Soviets had a chance to invade Japan. In this new series, based on the popular Luftwaffe/WWII: 1946 titles created by Ted Nomura, the new front focuses on the Japanese war to defend itself against an all-out Allied invasion, so big that it would dwarf the D-Day invasion of Europe a year earlier. In this alternate history, Oppenheimer is killed in a freak car accident in Germany before the war, and with the American atomic program delayed, the Japanese succeed in creating their own A-bomb to use as a new Kamikaze tactic. Bimonthly. FC, 24pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Operation Olympic. Story, art and cover by Ted Nomura. Sometimes listed as Families of Altered Wars #79. In Ted Nomuras alternate-history World War II, the war lasted until 1946, and the Allies were forced to make a land invasion of Japan due to a lack of the nuclear option. Operation Olympic, the invasion of Kyushu, Japan, begins in November 1945. But the Allied invasion force faces pocket kamikazes flown by schoolboys, women and old men holding spears, mini-subs, and the Fukuryus (Crouching Dragons) - kamikaze frogmen armed with sea mines. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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By Ted Nomura. AP Core Title! "Queens of the Seas": In 1945, the United States Navy suffered its biggest crisis of survival due to the intense Japanese Kamikaze attacks. The kamikazes' main targets were the fleet carriers, better known to most as the "Queens of the Seas." Although the U.S. Navy's submarine forces were providing a most valuable "silent service" by sinking more than 50% of the enemy ships using less than 10% of their naval strength, it was the American aircraft carriers that took the brunt of the Japanese attention due to their high visibility. Their escort ships often sacrificed themselves to draw the enemy fire away from the primary target. No chapter in history displayed such courage under fire as when enemies committing suicide to achieve their mission were so alien to the men who faced them. In this alternate-1946 history, the invasion of Japan placed the carriers in even more danger. Three new armored-deck Midway-class carriers can only slow down the steel-plated rain of blood and guts. Bi-monthly. b&w, 24pgs. Cover price $2.95.

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By Ted Nomura. In this alternate World War II that extended to 1946, a series of unexpected changes of events has forced the Americans to invade Japan as originally planned, starting with "Operation Olympic" in November 1945. With the battle for Kyushu racking up heavy casualties, the Americans are forced to execute "Operation Coronet," the invasion of the Kanto Plain on the main island of Honshu, in March 1946, as planned. But with Germany still at war in this alternate history, additional aid from Hitler's forces in Japan to divert the Allied effort in Europe causes more difficulties in Allied logistics in the Pacific, and it's a battle to the death heading for a march toward Tokyo. Bimonthly. b&w, 24pgs. Cover price $2.95.

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By Ted Nomura. AP Core Title! Kamikaze is usually identified with the Japanese suicide planes of World War II. Less known are the volunteers of the underwater version of the suicide machines, but the best known of these are the Kaitens. Converted from the best torpedoes of the war, the Japanese Type 97's, they emerged as manned torpedoes capable of sinking a battleship with one good hit. Introduced too late to have any real effect compared to their airborne cousins, thousands of them were made in preparation for the expected Allied invasion of Japan, an invasion that never came in real history. In this alternate history, the Kaitens are released in full fury and result in the heavy casualties that we prevented. FC, 24pgs. Cover price $2.95.

By Ted Nomura. AP Core Title. "Fortress Japan"?The final battle of the invasion of Japan occurs in Tokyo in December 1946. With chemical and biological weapons being introduced to stop the tide of the Allied juggernaut, Sgt. Morrow and his team of X Company spearhead the mission to capture the Emperor of Japan alive! Unfortunately, they are faced with a new league of Japanese suicide troops, including a female motorcycle team dubbed the "Wild Angels." This is the final issue of the current Kamikaze series. In August AP will start a 48-page anthology series titled the Tigers of the Luftwaffe, which will expand the format to cover the entire 150-year range of the "Families of Altered Wars" saga! Bimonthly. b&w, 24pgs. Cover price $2.95.