Kamikaze

Kamikaze was a Japanese military tactic in which pilots deliberately crashed aircraft into enemy ships during World War II, especially in the Pacific War.

Special Attack Units: Japanese military units formed to conduct deliberate suicide attacks during World War II. These units organized kamikaze missions within Japan’s broader special-attack program.
Battle of Leyte Gulf: A major series of naval battles fought in the Philippines in October 1944. Organized kamikaze attacks began during this campaign as Japan faced worsening naval losses.
Takijirō Ōnishi: A Japanese naval vice admiral associated with organizing the first official kamikaze units in 1944. He helped establish the organized attacks launched during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
USS St. Lo: A United States escort carrier sunk by kamikaze attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. It became the first major Allied ship sunk by an officially organized kamikaze attack.
Special attack tactics in World War II: Japanese wartime tactics that used personnel or equipment in deliberate attacks with little expectation of survival. Kamikaze aircraft were one form of a wider Japanese special-attack campaign.
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka: A Japanese rocket-powered, piloted bomb designed to strike ships during World War II. Ohka aircraft carried the suicide-attack method into a purpose-built weapon.
Battle of the Philippine Sea: A June 1944 naval battle in which United States forces devastated Japanese carrier aviation. Its losses weakened Japan’s ability to contest Allied air superiority through conventional carrier operations.
Motoharu Okamura: A Japanese naval officer who advocated deliberate suicide attacks against Allied ships. His proposals preceded the formal deployment of kamikaze units.
USS Bunker Hill: A United States aircraft carrier severely damaged by kamikaze attacks near Okinawa in May 1945. The strikes caused fires and heavy casualties but did not sink the carrier.
Japanese war crimes: Violations of the laws and customs of war committed by Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The tactic belongs to a broader history of wartime violence, though it was not itself a war crime under the laws then applied.

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