In the aftermath of World War II in the Pacific,
the victorious Allied Powers forced the Japanese
nation into getting rid of their entire military.
However, with the beginning of the Cold War and
the recent skirmish in Korea that view began to
change and eventually the United States allowed
Japan to rebuild its armed forces. In doing so,
the Japanese turned to American weapons to help
rebuild their armed forces. Amongst the weapons
that they acquired was that of the Lockheed T-33A
Shooting Stars. Based on the Lockheed P-80 Shooting
Star, it was mainly a trainer aircraft although
it was capable of carrying machine guns and bombs.
One year after the attack of the first Godzilla
in 1954, a second Godzilla was spotted in the
Pacific along with a new monster named Anguirus.
Trying to organize a defense with their conventional
weapons, the Japanese air forces used squadrons
of T-33As to patrol the skies around Japan. When
they spotted Godzilla heading towards Osaka, the
military sprung into an action. Based on advice
from Dr. Yamane, the T-33As attempted to lure
Godzilla away by dropping flares in front of the
monster's eyes. At first the plan seemed to be
working but an unexpected situation at a nearby
oil refinery brought Godzilla's attention back
towards shore. Despite the risk of ground fire
bringing them down, the T-33A Shooting Stars and
a few F-86F Sabers blasted away at Godzilla with
little effect and at least one was lost due to
the King of the Monster's atomic breath. When
Anguirus arrived, the military forces pulled back
as the two monsters devastated Osaka in their
climactic struggle to the death.
Once Godzilla killed Anguirus and returned to
the ocean, the Japanese regrouped and took stock
of the damage. It was not until the nuclear menace
destroyed a fishing ship that the Japanese military
sprung into action with fleets of T-33As Shooting
Stars as well as F-86F Sabers. When they did locate
Godzilla landing on a deserted island that had
a large amount of snow and huge glaciers, the
T-33As went in first with a hail of bombs. In
the beginning, they had little success as the
bombs exploded all around Godzilla but after the
sacrifice of one of the scout planes, which crashed
on one of the mountains and began an avalanche,
the fighters concentrated their fire on the other
glaciers. While they partially buried Godzilla,
they ran out of firepower and the bombs did not
produce the desired avalanche needed. The air
forces pulled back and their pilots switched to
flying F-86F Sabers as those planes had the rockets
needed to bury Godzilla completely under a man
made avalanche of snow and ice.