USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -kamikaze, 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 theBattle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944, to the end of the war.

Detailed explanation-2: -Japan was losing pilots faster than it could train their replacements, and the nation’s industrial capacity was diminishing relative to that of the Allies. These factors, along with Japan’s unwillingness to surrender, led to the use of kamikaze tactics as Allied forces advanced towards the Japanese home islands.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Suicide As a Japanese Military Tradition Kamikaze pilots saw themselves as continuing this tradition. Even before the official formation of the kamikaze units, some pilots intentionally crashed their planes to avoid capture after their plane got damaged – as well as do damage to the enemy.

Detailed explanation-5: -While Bushido was a tenet of Japanese combatants, a very few pilots sent on kamikaze missions returned to base. In some cases they were executed as cowards and traitors. A number chose to crash close to their intended target and swim away, awaiting rescue. Many were killed by keyed up ships gunners, but a few survived.