Kamikaze aircraft were pilot-guided explosive cruise missiles, either purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft. Pilots would attempt to crash their aircraft into enemy ships in what …

Jan 21, 2026 · kamikaze, any of the Japanese pilots who in World War II made deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets, usually ships. The term also denotes the aircraft used in such …

Jul 22, 2024 · When Mongol emperor Kublai Khan sent his naval fleets to attack Japan in the 13th century, fierce winds twice repelled the invasions. The Japanese considered these storms …

With this goal, the Japanese embraced the kamikaze concept: one plane, one ship. Japanese aircraft production increased throughout the war even as veteran pilots decreased, leading the …

In the final stages of the Second World War in the Pacific, Japan used extreme measures as Allied forces moved closer to the home islands. Among these measures was the creation of …

Mar 27, 2025 · In the final desperate years of World War II, Japan gave the world one of its most haunting: the kamikaze pilot. The word itself—divine wind—harkens back to the storms that, …

In World War II Japanese pilots who were willing to give up their lives to help save their country by destroying American ships were the members of a special corps named kamikaze after the …

Apr 27, 2025 · A kamikaze attack is a deliberate suicide mission carried out by Japanese pilots during World War II, where the aircraft is used as a guided missile to destroy Allied ships.

Kamikaze refers to the Japanese suicide pilots who conducted aerial attacks during World War II, particularly in the latter stages of the conflict.

On the Pacific front towards the end of World War II, Japan's imperial armed forces launched "kamikaze" attacks, or suicide missions by aircrafts laden with bombs.