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  2. Kamikaze - Wikipedia

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    Shinpū is the on-reading (on'yomi or Chinese-derived pronunciation) of the same characters as the kun-reading (kun'yomi or Japanese pronunciation) kamikaze in Japanese. During World War II, the pronunciation kamikaze was used only informally in the Japanese press in relation to suicide attacks, but after the war, this usage gained acceptance ...

  3. List of Allied vessels struck by Japanese special attack ...

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    There were more than 400 Allied vessels struck by Japanese special attack weapons in the last twelve months of World War II, including some vessels that were struck as many as six times in one attack. [1] The one special weapon that is most often associated with World War II is the Japanese kamikaze aircraft. Kamikaze was used to describe the ...

  4. List of ships damaged by kamikaze attack - Wikipedia

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    A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...

  5. Kaiten - Wikipedia

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    Kaiten (回天, literal translation: "Turning the Heaven", commonly rendered as "turn of the Heaven's will", "the heaven shaker" [1]) were crewed torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II.

  6. Operation Kikusui - Wikipedia

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    If non-kamikaze aircraft are included, 2,258 aircraft were lost. [ citation needed ] On the Allied side, 36 ships were sunk (but no cruisers or larger were sunk), 218 ships were damaged (including 8 aircraft carriers, 3 battleships, 2 cruisers and 33 destroyers), and 763 carrier aircraft were lost; US Navy kamikaze casualties throughout the war ...

  7. Japanese Special Attack Units - Wikipedia

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    The Kawanishi Baika (梅花, "Ume Blossom") was a pulsejet-powered kamikaze aircraft under development for the Imperial Japanese Navy towards the end of World War II. The war ended before any were built. The design was inspired by the manned version of the German V1 flying bomb, the Fieseler Fi 103R "Reichenberg".

  8. Sonderkommando Elbe - Wikipedia

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    Sonderkommando "Elbe" was the name of a World War II Luftwaffe task force assigned to bring down heavy bombers by ramming them in mid-air.. Its sole mission took place on 7 April 1945, when a force of 180 Bf 109s managed to ram 15 Allied bombers, downing eight of them.

  9. Suicide attack - Wikipedia

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    Kamikaze, a ritual act of self-sacrifice carried out by Japanese pilots of explosive-laden aircraft against Allied warships, occurred on a large scale at the end of World War II. About 3000 attacks were made and about 50 ships were sunk. [107] Kamikaze pilot about to miss crash diving into escort carrier USS White Plains.