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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_operations
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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gptkb:Zero_fighters
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gptkbp:commanded
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gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Takijirō_Ōnishi
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gptkbp:conducted
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gptkb:U._S._Navy_forces
the Battle of Okinawa
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gptkbp:date
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April 1945
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gptkbp:depicted_in
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desperate measure
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Operation Kikusui 17
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gptkbp:involved
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gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
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gptkbp:involved_forces
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suicide pilots
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gptkbp:is_a_culmination_of
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Japanese naval tactics
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gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of
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Japanese resolve
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gptkbp:is_aimed_at
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disrupt Allied supply lines
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gptkbp:is_analyzed_in
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military historians
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gptkbp:is_criticized_for
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lack of effectiveness
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gptkbp:is_designed_to
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chaos among Allied forces
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gptkbp:is_documented_in
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military history records
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gptkbp:is_one_of
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final operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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gptkbp:is_significant_for
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Japan's wartime strategy
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gptkbp:is_targeted_at
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Allied shipping
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gptkbp:key_event
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the Pacific Theater
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gptkbp:launched_in
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Japanese bases in the Philippines
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gptkbp:led_to
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increased Allied air defenses
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Okinawa
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gptkbp:meets
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strong Allied resistance
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gptkbp:notable_event
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the history of naval warfare
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gptkbp:notable_ships
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destroyers
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gptkbp:outcome
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failed
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:reported_by
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contemporary news articles
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gptkbp:resulted_in
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heavy losses for Japan
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gptkbp:significance
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last major Japanese naval operation
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gptkbp:strategic_goals
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achieving its objectives
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gptkbp:tactics
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suicidal attacks
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gptkbp:type
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kamikaze attack
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gptkbp:was_a_demonstration_of
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Japan's commitment to the war effort
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gptkbp:was_a_response_to
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Allied advances in the Pacific
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gptkbp:was_a_response_to_the_loss_of
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territory in the Pacific
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gptkbp:was_characterized_by
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high casualty rates
explosive-laden aircraft
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gptkbp:was_conducted_during_a_period_of
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intense conflict in the Pacific.
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gptkbp:was_executed_by
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gptkb:kamikaze_squadrons
gptkb:Japanese_high_command
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gptkbp:was_followed_by
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gptkb:Operation_Kikusui_18
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gptkbp:was_influenced_by
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previous kamikaze attacks
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gptkbp:was_intended_to_inflict
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maximum damage
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gptkbp:was_marked_by
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intense aerial combat
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gptkbp:was_one_of_the_last_attempts_to
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turn the tide of the war
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gptkbp:was_part_of
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gptkb:kamikaze_operations
Kikusui operations
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gptkbp:was_part_of_a_broader_campaign_to
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defend Okinawa
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gptkbp:was_part_of_japan's_strategy_to
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defend the home islands
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gptkbp:was_planned_to_coincide_with
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other military operations
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:IJN_Chōkai
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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