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Bookmark or Share- Kamikaze - (AP US History) - Vocab, Definition, Explanations ...Kamikaze refers to the Japanese suicide pilots who conducted aerial attacks during World War II, particularly in the latter stages of the conflict.
- Kamikaze - WikipediaKamikaze aircraft were pilot-guided explosive 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, and/or other explosives.
- Kamikaze Pilots: What Was The Real Story? - HistoryThe Origins of Kamikaze. The word “Kamikaze” is Japanese for “divine wind.” The term originally referred to a typhoon that destroyed a Mongolian fleet that was invading Japan in 1281. Kamikaze pilots adopted the name during World War II in an attempt to invoke the same divine protection.
- Kamikaze | Pilots & Aircraft | Britannicakamikaze, 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.
- Kamikaze - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaKamikaze (Japanese: 神風; literally: " god -wind"; usual translation: " divine wind") [1] is a word of Japanese origin. It comes from the name the Japanese gave to a typhoon that destroyed the Mongol ships in the 13th century and saved the country from invasion.
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