Kamikaze is a suicide attack carried out pilots for defeating enemies by menabrakan plane into the enemy. The first to do this are Japan (with menabrakan planes into Allied warships during the end of World War 2.
The name "Kamikaze" linked to Japanese legend about a hurricane that he said god has saved Japan from Mongol invasion in 1281.Air Squadron suicide is called shinpū tokubetsu kōgeki tai. Ideas do Kamikaze idea was coined by Vice Admira Kimpei installments (Chief of staff of the commander of the Japanese Navy in the Philippines).
This idea was later realized by Vice Admiral Onishi Takejiro which became known as Mr. Kamikaze. In Indonesia, known as Jibaku-tai.On October 17, 1944, when Allied forces attacked the island Suluan. Fleet Air ke1 Imperial Japanese Navy, based in Manila was given the task of helping the Japanese ship that will try to destroy the Allied forces at Leyte Gulf.
However, because Fleet Air to-1 Japan at that time had only 40 aircraft including:
- 34 Mitsubishi Zero fighter.
- 3 Nakajima Torpedo Bomber Plane That B6N
- A Mitsubishi G4M
- Yokosuka P1Y 2 bombers based in mainland
- A reconnaissance aircraft.
Mission The Face By The Japanese air forces so visible because it was impossible to dilalukan.Oleh An Air Fleet Commander Vice Admiral 1Yaitu the Takijiro Onishi decided to form a unity of suicide attacks that Air Force Special Attack of kamikaze pilots daredevil.
There are four unitary units of the first Kamikaze attack, namely:
1. Unit Shikishima
2. Yamato Unit
3. Asahi Unit
4. Yamazakura Unit.
These names are taken from a patriotic poem that created by Japanese classical scholar, Motoori Norinaga. Peak attack took place on April 6, 1945 on the islands of Okinawa. Kamikaze attacks on Okinawa archipelago is focused to destroy the destroyer ships (Destroyer) belonging to the allied forces.
This attack, involves approximately 1465 aircraft, Creating chaos is quite large but towards the end of the battle, at least 21 U.S. ships had sunk by Kamikaze.
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