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Kamikaze

It was the method of Japanese pilots used in the Second World War against the allied nations' warships and merchant's vessels. In this method, a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and bombs intentionally hitting itself into enemy vessels and ships. It was a suicidal method of killing and harming the enemy.

The word Kamikaze means “Divine Wind”. The Japanese Armed forces have created a unit in their force for this purpose. In the Japanese military tradition and Samurai, culture death is preferred over defeat because being get capture by the enemy is not good for the values and loyalty of a Samurai. Kami means “divine” in the Shinto religion.

 

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