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The kamikaze was used by Japan because japan was losing the war and the kamikaze were their last hope.....Actually who said this other answer, you are wrong. Kamikae was used because if you were a japanese soldier, coming back alive to your home was dihonorble. So they woud show honor by comitting suicie nd bringning enemies down with them
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∙ 13y agoThe Japanese military leaders were getting desperate to defeat the enemy. They had lost a lot of their naval fleet, weapons, bombs, plane and pilots. They chose to sacrifice their least skilled and experience pilots and planes. They hoped the planes would sink the rest of the USN fleet ships to prevent them from advancing to the mainland of Japan. They did a lot of damage that way. Suicide is not the taboo thing for the Japanese that it is to the American peoples.
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∙ 12y agoIn large part they were running out of experienced combat fighter pilots. It was much faster to train raw recruit pilots how to crash their planes into Allied ships than to fight other planes.
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∙ 6y agoIt was out of desperation. The Japanese were running out of ways in 1944 & 1945 to inflict serious damage on American naval forces in the Pacific. There was a serious shortage of skilled Japanese pilots. Most Japanese air attacks on US combat ships had become suicidal to an extent by late 1943. The Kamikaze pilot did not need to be as well trained as the regular operational pilot. So the Japanese could recruit & train larger numbers of low-skilled pilots to man their suicide air units, than they could fill the necessary positions of their regular flying units manned by skilled pilots.
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∙ 15y agoBecause it was a way of getting rid of the U.S boats and battle ships.
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When did japan start using kamikaze attacks?
During the battle of Okinawa. Michael Montagne
What where the kamikazes?
Kamikaze (Divine Wnd) attacks were launched against allied ships off the shores of Japan and Japanese held territories during WW2. Roughly 47 ships were sank, and around 300 damaged. Although Kamikaze attacks were only about 14% effective.
What were kamikaze attacks?
Suicide attacks made by Japanese planes - apex
What was the Japanese strategy called in which fighter pilots deliberately crashed their planes into enemy ships?
The suicide pilots were known as the kamikaze (Japanese for divine wind). Many of these pilots had no training in using bombs or torpedoes, as armaments and capable combat pilots were in short supply. It was comparatively easier to dive into ships with a plane having only one large explosive.
Why did they stop using atomic bombs?
If you are referring to WW2, then the US stopped using atomic bombs on Japan because Japan agreed to surrender. Had they not, the US had plans and production setup to drop a total of 23 atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.
When did japan start using kamikaze attacks?
During the battle of Okinawa. Michael Montagne
When did japan begin using kamikaze attacking?
Japan didnt use kamakazi attacks until late in the war when it was losing.
When did Japen began using kamikaze attacks?
in battlefield 3
What where the kamikazes?
Kamikaze (Divine Wnd) attacks were launched against allied ships off the shores of Japan and Japanese held territories during WW2. Roughly 47 ships were sank, and around 300 damaged. Although Kamikaze attacks were only about 14% effective.
What were kamikaze attacks?
Suicide attacks made by Japanese planes - apex
How close was Japan to defeat when the war in Europe ended in World War 2?
Very. Their Navy, their best weapon, was out of commision and they had resorted to using Kamikaze (ka-mee-ka-zay) fighters. If they had been in a good position to keep fighting, they would not have deployed Kamikaze, a last gasp sort of weapon.
What was the Japanese strategy called in which fighter pilots deliberately crashed their planes into enemy ships?
The suicide pilots were known as the kamikaze (Japanese for divine wind). Many of these pilots had no training in using bombs or torpedoes, as armaments and capable combat pilots were in short supply. It was comparatively easier to dive into ships with a plane having only one large explosive.
When did japan being using kamikaze attacks?
Suicide attacks are a common feature in Japanese history. Since surrender was considered disgraceful and sometimes retreat was not an option, Japanese soldiers facing defeat would either simply kill themselves or make suicidal attacks against the enemy.(this is known in western literature as the Banzai Charge)During the battle of Pearl Harbour First Lieutenant Fusata Iida deliberately crashed his badly damged plane into Kanehe Air Station making him the first person to make a suicide attack with an airplane. During the course of the war other Japanese pilots would follow this example.In 1944, as it became increasingly apparent that Japan was losing the war, the Japanese began forming deliberate suicide units called Tokubetsu kōgeki tai (special attack units) to perform air attacks on Allied ships. They soon became informally known as Kamikaze(Divine Wind)The first Kamikaze unit began operations in October, 1944. The first ship to be hit was HMAS "Australia" which was seriously damaged on October 21. On October 24, the USS Sonoma was hit and sunk. On October 25, the USS Kitkun Bay was hit and damaged; and the aircraft carrier USS St. Lo was hit and sunk. By the end of October the Kamikazes had hit 47 ships; sinking 5 of them.
When did Japan start using glass windows?
During the Meiji Restoration when modern structures were built throughout Japan this occured after Emperor Mutsuhito (Meiji) assumed the throne in 1868.
How did the kamikaze pilots effect the decision of using the atomic bomb?
Their suicidal efforts convinced the US that the Japanese did not feel beaten and were not ready to surrender
What was the outcome of using the atomic on Japan?
japan surrendered
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