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- Kamikaze - Wikipedia
Kamikaze aircraft were pilot-guided explosive cruise missiles, either purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft Pilots would attempt to crash their aircraft into enemy ships in what was called a "body attack" (tai-atari) in aircraft loaded with bombs, torpedoes or other explosives
- Kamikaze | Pilots Aircraft | Britannica
kamikaze, any of the Japanese pilots who in World War II made deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets, usually ships The term also denotes the aircraft used in such attacks The practice was most prevalent from the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944, to the end of the war
- Japanese Kamikazes: Heroic or Horrifying? | HowStuffWorks
When Mongol emperor Kublai Khan sent his naval fleets to attack Japan in the 13th century, fierce winds twice repelled the invasions The Japanese considered these storms direct gifts from the gods and called them " kamikaze " The most common translation of the word is "divine wind "
- How Japans Kamikaze Attacks Become a WWII Strategy - HISTORY
Not until nearly three years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor did Japan adopt suicide aerial attacks as official military strategy On the infamous morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter
- World War II Terms to Know: Kamikaze - pearlharbor. org
A kamikaze attack is a deliberate suicide mission carried out by Japanese pilots during World War II, where the aircraft is used as a guided missile to destroy Allied ships
- KAMIKAZE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
In World War II Japanese pilots who were willing to give up their lives to help save their country by destroying American ships were the members of a special corps named kamikaze after the storm that had saved Japan seven centuries earlier
- Kamikazes: Understanding the Men behind the Myths
With this goal, the Japanese embraced the kamikaze concept: one plane, one ship Japanese aircraft production increased throughout the war even as veteran pilots decreased, leading the Japanese to recruit unskilled pilots for kamikaze duties
- KAMIKAZE: An Untold History | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
On the Pacific front towards the end of World War II, Japan's imperial armed forces launched "kamikaze" attacks, or suicide missions by aircrafts laden with bombs
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