WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEATER OF WWII
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Blitzkrieg
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Kamikaze
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Island Hopping
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Genocide
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kamikaze attacks were a Japanese suicide bombing tactic designed to destroy enemy warships during World War II. Pilots would crash their specially made planes directly into Allied ships. On October 25, 1944, the Empire of Japan employed kamikaze bombers for the first time.
Detailed explanation-2: -More specifically, air suicide attack units from the Imperial Japanese Navy were officially called shinpū tokubetsu kōgeki tai (, “divine wind special attack units").
Detailed explanation-3: -Aircraft carriers and battleships were supposed to be the main targets, but the ships that suffered the most damage were the destroyers and smaller vessels assigned to protect the fleet from incoming attacks.
Detailed explanation-4: -The name, Kamikaze, means Heavenly, or Divine, Wind. The name was resurrected from Japanese history stemming from the 16th Century tale of a Mongol emperor whose fleet was sunk or turned by “the gods” who sent a heavenly wind.