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Kamikaze stands for 'divine wind, it is reference to the wind that stopped the invasion of japan in the mid 12th century. in WWII it stands for a type of warfare were by the person kills himself in defence of the country. the most common method of this was by flying a plan into the u.s. fleets. there was also other forms, such as squads of infantry determined to blow up the enemy. it was not a very successful form of warfare. more often than not the planes were shot down. it is reported that the japanese had amassed 10000 kamikaze planes to attempt the destruction of the u.s. forces nthat were planing to invade japan. the most famous kamikaze is a ship, japans superbattleship the yamato. this was sent to destroy the u.s. invasion forces of okinawa, but was sunk by u.s. naval forces before she reached the target. in essence kamikaze was a one way journe. hope this helps.
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