Kamikaze Special Attack Units

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:casualties	thousands of Allied sailors
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Takijirō_Ōnishi
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Yasukuni_Shrine
gptkbp:controversy	ethics of suicide attacks
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:depictedIn	gptkb:The_Eternal_Zero_(film) gptkb:Letters_from_Iwo_Jima_(film)
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:formedIn	1944
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Kamikaze Special Attack Units
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Bushido_code
gptkbp:legacy	symbol of desperate warfare
gptkbp:nameMeaning	divine wind
gptkbp:notableFor	suicide attacks
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:numberOfShips	at least 34 Allied ships over 300 Allied ships
gptkbp:numberOfSorties	over 3,800
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:purpose	inflict maximum damage on enemy ships
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Tokkōtai gptkb:terrorist_attack gptkb:Shinpu_Tokubetsu_Kōgekitai
gptkbp:tactics	deliberate crash into enemy ships
gptkbp:target	gptkb:Allied_naval_vessels
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:Mitsubishi_Zero gptkb:Yokosuka_MXY-7_Ohka gptkb:Nakajima_Ki-43
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Air_Service
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7