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Takijirō Ōnishi (大西 瀧治郎, Ōnishi Takijirō, 2 June 1891 – 16 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who came to be known as the father of the kamikaze.
Toward the end of World War II, when an American invasion of Japan’s homeland seemed imminent, Ōnishi Takijirō, a navy vice admiral, invented the tokkōtai (“Special Attack Force”) operation, which included airplanes, gliders, and submarine torpedoes (for details, see Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of ...
Takijirō Ōnishi (大西瀧治郎, Ōnishi Takijirō, 2 June 1891 – 16 August 1945) was a Vice-Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, who came to known as the father of the kamikaze.
Takijiro Onishi. 1891–1945. Takijiro Onishi was born in Ashida village in Japan. He worked on a battle cruiser during World War I before being assigned to his first aircraft carrier in 1928 and served as an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, eventually becoming head of the Naval Aviation Development Division.
Sep 4, 2021 · "In our present situation," Okamura told Vice Adm. Takijirō Ōnishi, the commander of Japan's 1st Air Fleet, "I firmly believe that the only way to swing the war in our favor is to resort to crash-dive attacks with our planes." Okamura was adamant.
Mar 3, 2020 · Takijirō Ōnishi left a suicide note — a death poem — before he opened his gut with a ‘tantō’ in the traditional Samurai way of restoring honour.
Apr 10, 2020 · Vice Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi, commander of Japanese naval air forces in the Philippines, decided to unleash a new tactic on the enemy: suicide bombers.
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