Britannia Centre Spandau Rudolf Hess. Five weeks after the death of Hess on 17 August 1987 at 1610 hours, the demolition of Spandau Prison began and was completed on 4 November 1987. In May 1988 the construction of the new facility started and was finished on 18 September 1990. The name "Britannia Centre" was chosen by competition from over 40 entries. The shopping center was also nicknamed "Hessco's" after the well known British supermarket chain, Tesco, and the prison's final occupant. After the Berlin Infantry Brigade was dissolved in mid-1994 the Britannia Centre Spandau lost its name and became the only unnamed shopping
Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II the end of World War II, numerous Special Attack Units (Japanese: 特別攻撃隊, "tokubetsu kōgeki tai", also abbreviated to 特攻隊, "tokkōtai") were developed for suicide missions, in a desperate move to compensate for the annihilation of the main fleet. These units included "Kamikaze" ("Divine Wind") bombers, "Shinyo" ("Sea Quake") suicide boats, "Kairyu" ("Sea Dragon") suicide midget submarines, "Kaiten" ("Turn of Heaven") suicide torpedoes, and "Fukuryu" ("Crouching Dragon") suicide scuba divers who would swim under boats and use explosives mounted on bamboo poles to destroy both the boat and themselves. "Kamikaze" planes were particularly effective during the defense of Okinawa, in which