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Kamikaze (神風, pronounced [kamiꜜkaze]; ' divine wind ' or ' spirit wind '), officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (神風特別攻撃隊, ' Divine Wind Special Attack Unit '), were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing ...
Kamikaze (‘divine wind’), 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.
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Dec 3, 2020 · By Ben Dooley. Published Dec. 3, 2020 Updated Dec. 15, 2020. 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版. TOKYO — For more than six decades, Kazuo Odachi had a secret: At the age of 17, he became a kamikaze pilot, one of...
Kamikaze pilots of the 72nd Shinbu Squadron on May 26, 1945, the day before launching attacks off Okinawa. Early the following morning, the journalist took some photos of the airman before he left on his mission. One was with his two group leaders: all three were 21 years old and had graduated from the Military Academy in the 57th Class.
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Nov 3, 2017 · A kamikaze mission during World War Two. During World War Two, thousands of Japanese pilots volunteered to be kamikaze, suicidally crashing their planes in the name of their emperor. More than...
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Dec 5, 2018 · By: Christopher Klein. Updated: October 2, 2023 | Original: December 5, 2018. copy page link. Print Page. Corbis/Getty Images. On the infamous morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter pilots...
Oct 25, 1944 CE: First Kamikaze Strikes. On October 25, 1944, the first kamikaze suicide bombers attacked Allied warships during World War II’s ferocious Battle of Leyte Gulf, fought in the Pacific Ocean around the Philippines.
