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Kamikaze : Japan's Suicide Samurai

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Comprehensive coverage of a complex and apparently wholly alien strategyTechnical as well as psychological detailsActual attacks described in fullIncludes human torpedoes* Kami Kaze: a 'Divine Wind' sent by the great Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu-Omikami, to destroy the mighty fleets of the Mongol ruler, Kublai Khan, in the 13th Century.

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Cassell military
0304352004 / 9780304352005
Paperback
16/09/1999
United Kingdom
English
192p., [16]p. of plates : ill.
20 cm
general /undergraduate Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: London: Arms & Armour, 1997.
Out of the sun they came, Japan's suicide samurai, diving down fast to explode in death and destruction as they hit the decks of Allied warships. There was no turning back, no hope of survival. Was it needless sacrifice, a panic strategy in the last, losing days of the war? Or was it a valid military tactic, born of a centuries-old belief in the sanctity of Imperial Japan? In this fascinating study historian Raymond Lamont-Brown examines the psychology, myths and reality of the kamikaze programme. Detailed accounts of training, weapons and actual attacks, by air and sea, illustrate the idealis
Out of the sun they came, Japan's suicide samurai, diving down fast to explode in death and destruction as they hit the decks of Allied warships. There was no turning back, no hope of survival. Was it needless sacrifice, a panic strategy in the last, losing days of the war? Or was it a valid military tactic, born of a centuries-old belief in the sanctity of Imperial Japan? In this fascinating study historian Raymond Lamont-Brown examines the psychology, myths and reality of the kamikaze programme. Detailed accounts of training, weapons and actual attacks, by air and sea, illustrate the idealis 1FPJ Japan, 3JJH c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HBG General & world history, HBJD European history, HBJF Asian history, HBW Military history, HBWQ Second World War, JWG Air forces & warfare, JWKT Military tactics, JWLF Battles & campaigns