Going Down With Pride Kamikaze Attacks

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Going Down With Pride(Kamikaze Attacks)

• By Shawn Schumacher
• Eric Tubbs

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What They Were

• Japanese army pilots.
• Pilots on suicide missions.
• Trained to take out vessels.

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Why They Were Needed

• Japanese were desperate.
• Losing too many men and the war
• Last stand

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Battlefields

• Battle of Okinawa
• Mostly used in water
• Sink or just damage?

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Invasions of Kamikazes

• Used 1,900 Kamikazes in Okinawa.
• 3,000 to 5,000 Kamikazes used after Okinawa.
• Experienced Failure
• Many Lives Lost

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Okinawa

• Lead by Yamato.
• Told to take out as many ships as possible.
• Aimed for the U.S. Artillery ship. Sunk it.
• 5,000 U.S. soldiers died.
• 300 attacks in two days.