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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.

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The Japanese term 'Kamikaze was applied to them. It means 'divine wind'.

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The suicide planes were called kamikaze, or "divine wind" in reference to historical storms that had saved Japan from invasion by sea.

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