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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

kamikaze [Jap.,=divine wind], the typhoon that destroyed Kublai Khan's fleet, foiling his invasion of Japan in 1281. In World War II the term was used for a Japanese suicide air force composed of fliers who crashed their bomb-laden planes into their targets, usually ships. The kamikaze was first used extensively at Leyte Gulf and was especially active at Okinawa. Author not available, KAMIKAZE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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kamikaze pilots ( kamikaze means ‘divine wind’), Japanese who deliberately crashed...explosive motor boats , human torpedoes , and midget submarines ), but the kamikaze pilot was the only effective one and he did nothing to improve the... Read more

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kamikaze ˌkämiˈkäzē ( World War II...carrier; a suicide pilot or plane. Japan officially formed a kamikaze force in late 1944. During the American invasion of Okinawa...sank thirty-six ships and damaged 368. An estimated 5,000 kamikaze pilots died in action. In Japanese ... Read more

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