kamikaze

(noun)

An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft.

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Examples of kamikaze in the following topics:

  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf

    • The Battle of Leyte Gulf is also notable as the first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kamikaze attacks, in which a person commits suicide in order to successfully carry out an attack against an enemy.
    • Kamikaze strikes were first used by the Japanese in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
    • Lo' (CVE-63) explodes off Samar after being hit by a kamikaze aircraft, 25 October 1944.

  • Okinawa and Iwo Jima

    • The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of Japanese kamikaze attacks, and the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island.