HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Hurricane
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Shogun
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Ronin
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Kamikaze
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Detailed explanation-1: -The kamikaze (Japanese: , lit. ‘divine wind’) were two winds or storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan.
Detailed explanation-2: -Literally meaning “divine wind, ‘’ the term kamikaze was coined in honour of the 1281 typhoon, as it was perceived to be a gift from the gods, supposedly granted after a retired emperor went on a pilgrimage and prayed for divine intervention.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The Mongol invasions of Japan failed primarily due to two typhoons and an inferior navy.
Detailed explanation-4: -An ancient story tells of the kamikaze, or “divine wind, ‘’ that twice saved Japan from Kublai Khan’s Mongol fleets. So powerful was the legend that centuries later thousands of World War II pilots known as kamikazes would sign up to protect Japan again, by crashing their planes in suicide missions.
Detailed explanation-5: -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-6: -What is called a typhoon in the western north Pacific and Asia (Japan) is called a hurricane in north and central America, and a cyclone in other areas of the world. They can be classified into the same meteorological phenomenon in the sense that all have the same type of structure as a tropical cyclone.