The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien, codenamed "Tony" by the Allies, came into being, thanks, in part, to Nazi Germany. Japan licensed the Daimler-Benz 601 engine from the Third Reich and used it as the basis ...

Before Kawasaki's first motorcycle was developed, its aviation engineers were hard at work making cutting-edge aircraft, like World War II's Ki-61 or the experimental Japanese aircraft ...

up to modern fighters like the Kawasaki Ki-61 "Tony" and Nakajima Ki-84 "Frank." "They were intended for use in kamikaze attacks against the American invasion fleet, which the Japanese correctly ...