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Drawing on U.S. government reports, interrogation reports of Japanese officers, ship action reports and secondary sources, this book details more than 400 kamikaze attacks by Japanese aircraft, manned torpedoes, suicide boats and suicide swimmers against U.S. ships during World War II. Part One focuses on the traditions, development and history of the kamikazes, including the origins of the samurai class and its ethos, the development of kamikaze aircraft and watercraft, and the indoctrination of children in the Japanese school system. Part Two details the kamikaze attacks on ships in the waters around the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Taiwan, Okinawa and Japan. Appendices list all of the U.S. ships suffering kamikaze attacks along with casualty figures, outlines and silhouettes of various U.S. ships involved in kamikaze attacks, and silhouettes of Japanese kamikaze aircraft.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part One—The Genesis of the Kamikazes, Their Organization, and Disposition
1. The Development of the Samurai Class and Its Ethos
2. Kamikaze Traditions
3. Special Attack Aircraft
4. Development of the Tokko-tai
5. Tactics
6. Kamikazes on Land and Sea
Part Two—The Kamikaze Chronicles: A Detailed Account of the Attacks
7. Prelude to Mayhem
8. The December Kamikazes, 1944
9. Lingayen Gulf
10. Taiwan, Iwo Jima, and Ulithi .
11. Okinawa and the Ten Go Campaign
12. The Invasion of Okinawa, Week One
13. The Onslaught Continues
14. "...We Cleaned Up the Bodies..."
15. A Miserable May
16. The War Winds Down
17. Ketsu Go: Defending the Homeland
Appendix I: U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine Ships Damaged or Sunk by Kamikaze Attacks, 1942-1945
Appendix II: Ship Types
Appendix III: American and Japanese Aircraft
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index .
