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It's Japanese for "divine wind". It originally referred to typhoons that severely damaged Mongol fleets that were trying to invade Japan in the late 1200s. The Mongols were defeated in the subsequent battles. Because of this, Japanese warriors came to believe that they could not be defeated on their home islands; they believed that even supernatural spirits would summon storms to protect them.
During World War II, it came to refer to the Japanese attempt to replicate the typhoons that defeated the Mongols by using airplanes in suicide attacks on the navies of the Allied Powers (mainly the US and UK). While they had some success in damaging and even sinking some ships, the Allied navies were far too large, and they were able to easily sustain what few losses they suffered. However, the Japanese could not afford to lose the airplanes and pilots they lost.
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What term refers to suicide bombers from World War 2?
Kamikaze is the term for Japanese suicide bombers in WWII
What was the Japanese term for divine wind a tactic for which the ENEMY had not prepared?
kamakhize you misspelled it KAMIKAZE!!
How do you spell Kamikaze?
Kamikaze is the correct spelling.
What are facts about the kamikaze?
what are some important things about the kamikaze in ww2
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Kamikaze Shirt was created in 1993.
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The correct answer is ‘kamikaze’. The Japanese refer to two typhoons that happened in the 1200s as kamikaze, which translates as ‘divine winds’. These kamikaze saved Japan from a Mongol invasion. Kamikaze underwent a meaning change in WWII to refer to suicide attacks by pilots.
What would be another name for a Kamikaze?
"Divine Wind" (Kamikaze) - suicide bomber .
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