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...ters hopefully would stop 95% of the [[Kamikaze]] suicide plane attacks. [[Kamikaze]]s opposing "Downfall" would not have to fly far from their home bases, thu ...mikaze]] suicide planes, at U.S. and British naval forces. The bulk of the kamikaze attacks was absorbed by radar picket destroyers stationed north of Okinawa.

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...sm]] because civilians were killed. Alternatively, however, the Japanese [[kamikaze]] attacked purely military targets, with a frequent motivation being that t

...e [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] and raids on the Japanese home islands. Several [[Kamikaze]] suicide plane hits on 21 February caused serious damage and casualties, s

...LIS principle: [[go-onto-location-in-space]]. Later in the war, the manned kamikaze was a foretaste of the automated anti-shipping cruise missile, which had gu

* [[kamikaze]]

...mbiguated from the use of Tokko to cover all suicide attacks, not simply [[kamikaze]] aircraft.

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... 97 penetrated [[Philippine]] waters, on 8 January 1945, a Japanese [[kamikaze]] attack was hurled at them and succeeded in damaging one escort carrier of ...mained off Okinawa in this invasion, famous for the Japanese desperation [[kamikaze]] attacks, to unload reinforcements and additional equipment until [[6 Apri

...rowth of his campaign for better use of warplanes was a decision to send [[kamikaze]] pilots on suicide missions in an attempt to sink American warships. The P

...She remained off [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] undergoing the first of the [[kamikaze]] attacks, until 10 April when she sailed with Army casualties for [[Guam]]

...that area’s frequent attacks. During the action her gunners shot down a [[kamikaze]]. Following this spirited reception, unloading of her volatile cargo was s

...easier to hit. The fuzes played a decisive role in defeating the Japanese Kamikaze attacks of 1944-45.

...to the Atlantic to command a special unit researching defenses against the Kamikaze threat. While serving in that position on 25 August 1945, he died suddenly

...[[Silver Star]] for his efforts in lifesaving and damage control after a [[kamikaze]] hit. Even though the ship had eighty men killed, Raborn's repairs were fa

...ihei, Tadashi Nakajima, and Robert Pineau. ''The Divine Wind''. 1958. on [[Kamikaze]].

...aviourist]] [[B.F. Skinner]] proposed that pigeons could also be used as [[kamikaze]]s, piloting [[missile]]s into [[Japan]]ese ships. The [[United States Navy

...he 6th Marines across the island. Operations went smoothly despite heavy [[kamikaze]] attacks; her guns helped splash two. She cleared Okinawa [[9 April]] for

...ir attack and, on [[2 April]], [[USS Henrico (APA-45)]] was crashed by a [[kamikaze]]. ''Henrico'' lost all power. A tow line was passed to her by the crew of

...ame under desperate enemy air attack at sunset on 8 January 1945, when a [[kamikaze]] severely damaged [[USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71)]]. As scattered individual ene