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US Navy Ships vs Kamikazes 1944-45

By Mark Stille

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2016
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
41 MB (42530030 bytes)
Series
Duel (76)
Pages
\84
Time added
2017-01-20 18:48:48

Description

Anyone interested in Kamikaze operations will find something of interest in this volume, and both wargamers and modellers will profit from its perusal.» - Warship InternationalThe ineffectiveness of conventional air attacks on US Navy surface ships, particularly heavily defended targets like carrier task groups, forced the Japanese to re-evaluate their tactics in late 1944.The solution they arrived at was simple - crash their aircraft into American ships. This notion of self-sacrifice fit well within the Japanese warrior psyche and proved terrifying to the American sailors subjected to it. These tactics brought immediate results, and proved effective until the end of the war.

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