Word Kamikaze
Kamikaze
Who were the Kamikazes? During WWII there were pilots of the Japanese Navy and Army who would make suicide attacks. They would drive their planes straight on into carriers and battle ships of the allied forces. These men were known as the Kamikaze pilots. Most people ask, why?
There were many different stories behind the word Kamikaze. The real meaning of this word is “divine wind.” Your probably thinking how did they get so many men to give their lives away like this. Well, they ordered them to volunteer. The people in charge were not just looking for any men, they were looking for men who were young and energetic. Experienced pilots were always turned down if they volunteered.
If a kamikaze couldn’t locate their target they would have to report back to their base. This had better not be the case. If this would happen more than twice the Japanese would execute pilots who “failed” to find their target and return alive. The kamikaze’s sunk many US Naval vessels but, the first one they sunk was the USS Sonoma. This was an ocean tugboat. This vessel was sunk on October 24,1944. The battle of Okinawa saw the largest use of Kamikaze’s. The Japanese flew 1,900 kamikaze missions in that battle.
Ensign Ogawa dropped a 250 pound bomb on the Bunker Hill and then intentionally crashed into the flight deck severely damaging the ship. This action took place in the Okinawa operation. The father of the Kamikaze was Admiral Onishi. After the war he committed seppuku. Seppuku is a suicide practiced by their people.
In spring of 1945 US forces invaded Okinawa in one of the war’s bloodiest battles. On July 27th, 1945 the allied powers requested Japan to surrender or the destruction would continue. The military was not considering surrendering even after the US military forces dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This had taken place on the 6th and the 9th of August. The soviet union then entered the war against Japan on August 8th.
Who were the Kamikazes? During WWII there were pilots of the Japanese Navy and Army who would make suicide attacks. They would drive their planes straight on into carriers and battle ships of the allied forces. These men were known as the Kamikaze pilots. Most people ask, why?
There were many different stories behind the word Kamikaze. The real meaning of this word is “divine wind.” Your probably thinking how did they get so many men to give their lives away like this. Well, they ordered them to volunteer. The people in charge were not just looking for any men, they were looking for men who were young and energetic. Experienced pilots were always turned down if they volunteered.
If a kamikaze couldn’t locate their target they would have to report back to their base. This had better not be the case. If this would happen more than twice the Japanese would execute pilots who “failed” to find their target and return alive. The kamikaze’s sunk many US Naval vessels but, the first one they sunk was the USS Sonoma. This was an ocean tugboat. This vessel was sunk on October 24,1944. The battle of Okinawa saw the largest use of Kamikaze’s. The Japanese flew 1,900 kamikaze missions in that battle.
Ensign Ogawa dropped a 250 pound bomb on the Bunker Hill and then intentionally crashed into the flight deck severely damaging the ship. This action took place in the Okinawa operation. The father of the Kamikaze was Admiral Onishi. After the war he committed seppuku. Seppuku is a suicide practiced by their people.
In spring of 1945 US forces invaded Okinawa in one of the war’s bloodiest battles. On July 27th, 1945 the allied powers requested Japan to surrender or the destruction would continue. The military was not considering surrendering even after the US military forces dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This had taken place on the 6th and the 9th of August. The soviet union then entered the war against Japan on August 8th.