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- Kamikaze - Wikipedia
Some kamikazes hit their targets even after their aircraft had been crippled The attacks began in October 1944, at a time when the war was looking increasingly bleak for the Japanese
- 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
- Kamikazes: Understanding the Men behind the Myths – International . . .
In the western military tradition, the popular, common understanding of the Japanese kamikaze of the Second World War inspires images of lone, suicidal modern-day flying samurai knights devoid of empathy with a seemingly fanatical and inhuman desire to die for their emperor
- 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
- The Kamikaze: Inside Japan’s Devastating Suicide Attacks Of World War 2
The last two kamikazes made their wild dive toward a third ship, the USS White Plains, under heavy fire Riddled with bullets, the mission seemed like it was going to be a total failure
- What Happened to the Kamikaze Pilots Who Returned?
These suicide bombers, called kamikazes, mostly volunteered their services to sacrifice themselves to help Japan defeat the Americans While the efforts were effective in damaging US ships, they didn’t change the tide of the war
- Japanese Kamikazes: Heroic or Horrifying? | HowStuffWorks
The iconic image of Japanese kamikazes can seen as both heroic and horrifying Kamikaze origins traced back to divine winds repelling Mongol invasions in 13th century
- Who were the fanatical kamikaze pilots of WWII and how deadly were they . . .
Fast forward to the 20th century, and the term kamikaze would take on a new meaning during the Pacific Theater of World War II As the war turned against Japan, and their losses mounted, the Imperial Japanese Navy began to develop a new tactic that involved using suicide pilots to attack Allied ships
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