The Rise of the Kamikaze
Japanese pilots were referred to as the Kamikaze, mostly because of their deliberate suicidal crashes that targeted enemies during the war. Most of the time, they focused their efforts on ships, and these types of attacks became a prominent part of the war.
The Rise Of The Kamikaze
Kamikaze missions usually happened in the Pacific, and looking back, many historians now cite a less than 20% success rate for these attacks. The image above shows a fighter pilot trying to execute one of these missions. Naval forces were quick to intercept.
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