Pilots carried prayers from their families and were given military decorations. This will also enable you to concentrate your attention on eradicating the enemy with unwavering determination, meanwhile reinforcing your excellence in flight skills. Targeting the aircraft proved to be much less successful and practical than attacks against warships, as the bombers made for much faster, more maneuverable and smaller targets. This recommended combat air patrols (CAP) that were larger and operated further from the carriers than before, a line of picket destroyers and destroyer escorts at least 80 km (50 mi) from the main body of the fleet to provide earlier radar interception and improved coordination between fighter direction officers on carriers. Like all Army and Navy servicemen, the kamikaze would wear their senninbari, a "belt of a thousand stitches" given to them by their mothers. He has been signed under Kamikaze. The tradition of death instead of defeat, capture and shame was deeply entrenched in Japanese military culture; one of the primary values in the samurai life and the Bushido code was loyalty and honor until death. It is said that young pilots on kamikaze missions often flew southwest from Japan over the 922 m (3,025 ft) Mount Kaimon. Light rapid fire anti-aircraft weapons such as the 40 mm Bofors and 20 mm Oerlikon autocannons were highly effective,[32] but heavy anti-aircraft guns such as the 5"/38 caliber gun (127 mm) had the punch to blow kamikazes out of the air, which was preferable since even a heavily damaged kamikaze could complete its mission. "[53] Publishers also played up the idea that the kamikaze were enshrined at Yasukuni and ran exaggerated stories of kamikaze bravery – there were even fairy tales for little children that promoted the kamikaze. As a result, the special attack units are sometimes known in Japan as kamikaze tokubetsu kōgeki tai. Their first LP, No me detendrán!, was released in 1988.Their second work had low sales because of the hyperinflation that plagued the country, and the band broke up after the third CD. On 11 March, the U.S. carrier USS Randolph was hit and moderately damaged at Ulithi Atoll, in the Caroline Islands, by a kamikaze that had flown almost 4,000 km (2,500 mi) from Japan, in a mission called Operation Tan No. Residents on Kikaishima Island, east of Amami Ōshima, say that pilots from suicide-mission units dropped flowers from the air as they departed on their final missions. In the final moments before the crash, the pilot was to yell "hissatsu" (必殺) at the top of his lungs, which translates to "certain kill" or "sink without fail".[50]. 戦闘〇〇〇飛行隊付　海軍一等飛行兵曹　中野磐雄 While many stories were falsified, some were true, such as that of Kiyu Ishikawa, who saved a Japanese ship when he crashed his plane into a torpedo that an American submarine had launched. "[44] Okamura is credited with being the first to propose the kamikaze attacks. (colloquial)One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event. La serie consta de 6 temporadas de 22 episodios cada uno y con un total de 132, el último de los cuales se emitió el 6 de mayo de 2005. One Japanese plane made a steep dive from "a great height" at the carrier HMS Formidable and was engaged by anti-aircraft guns. The sinking of the ocean tug USS Sonoma on 24 October is listed in some sources as the first ship lost to a kamikaze strike, but the attack occurred before the first mission of the Special Attack Force (on 25 October) and the aircraft used, a Mitsubishi G4M, was not flown by the original four Special Attack Squadrons. The exact number of ships sunk is a matter of debate. Entering a smoke stack was also said to be "effective". By 1945, large numbers of anti-aircraft shells with radio frequency proximity fuzes, on average seven times more effective than regular shells, became available, and the U.S. Navy recommended their use against kamikaze attacks. Naval War College Analysis, p.1; Parshall and Tully. The last two ran at USS White Plains. Axell and Kase pointed out: "The fact is that innumerable soldiers, sailors and pilots were determined to die, to become eirei, that is 'guardian spirits' of the country. Ceremonies were carried out before kamikaze pilots departed on their final mission. 沖縄戦中にアメリカ海軍は駆逐艦17隻（航空特攻15隻、特殊潜航艇1隻、陸上砲撃1隻）を沈められ、18隻が再起不能の損傷を受けて除籍される甚大な損害を被ったが（輸送・掃海等の用途特化型の駆逐艦を含む）、文字通り自らを犠牲にして主力艦隊や輸送艦隊を特攻から守り切った。その働きぶりはアメリカ海軍より「光輝ある我が海軍の歴史の中で、これほど微力な部隊が、これほど長い期間、これほど優秀な敵の攻撃を受けながら、これほど大きく全体の為に寄与したことは無い」と賞されている[256]。, 特攻機が狙った目標を目ざして、冷静かつ事前に立てた計画に従って急降下する光景は、アメリカ軍水兵に大きな衝撃を与え、太平洋戦域の連合軍兵士にパニックを引き起こした[149]。このように特攻の効果は、艦船の撃沈、撃破といった物理的な効果に加えて、アメリカ海軍を主体とする連合軍兵士に、多数の死傷者や精神疾患といった多大な人的損失をもたらした[257]。連合軍の艦船は、たった1人の死を顧みない攻撃によって数百名以上の人員が危険に晒されており、「日本軍の機体とパイロットが100％失われたとしても、我々が耐えられない損害を当たえるのに十分だったであろう。」と評価していた[258]。, 特攻による連合軍の人的損失の研究で数字が異なる。戦死者8,064名負傷者10,708名合計18,772名とする説[259]、戦死者12,260名、負傷者33,769名とする説などがある[260]。アメリカ軍の公式記録等の調査から、特攻によるアメリカ軍の戦死者6,805名負傷者9,923名合計16,728名とする説[193]、戦死者7,000名超とする説などがある[261]。一方で、「（公財）特攻隊戦没者慰霊顕彰会」によると、航空特攻による日本軍の戦死者は、海軍2,548名、陸軍1,355名、計3,903名であり、戦死者であれば2倍前後、死傷者では4倍以上という損害を連合軍に与えており、また、平均すると、特攻機1機の命中ごとにアメリカ軍将兵40名が死傷したという統計もある[262]。特攻のように、味方が失った人命より敵の死者の方が多いという例は、太平洋戦争においては稀であるという指摘もある[263]。, アメリカ海軍の太平洋戦域での戦闘における（除事故・病気等の自然要因）死傷者のアメリカ軍公式統計は、特攻が開始された1944年以降に激増し、1944年から1945年8月の終戦までで45,808名に上り、太平洋戦争でのアメリカ海軍の死傷者合計71,685名の63.9%にも達したが（1945年の8か月だけでも26,803名で37.4%）[264]、1944年以降のアメリカ軍艦船の戦闘による撃沈・損傷等は約80%以上が特攻による損失である[243][244][265]。, その内、特攻が開始された1944年10月以降の、アメリカ海軍兵士の直接の戦闘による戦死者だけでも下記の通りとなる[266]。, また上記の海軍以外でも、輸送艦などに乗艦していた、陸軍・海兵隊の兵士や輸送艦の船員なども多数死傷し、またイギリス軍、オーストラリア軍、オランダ軍、ソ連軍など他の連合軍兵士も多数死傷している。, 特攻による被害艦は、重篤な火傷を負った負傷者が多い事も特徴であった。航空燃料で生じた激しい火災による火傷の他に、特攻機や搭載爆弾の爆発で生じる閃光による閃光火傷を負う負傷者も多かった。フィリピンで特攻で大破した軽巡洋艦「コロンビア」では100名以上の閃光火傷の負傷者が生じている[267]。後送される特攻による負傷者は、包帯を全身に巻かれミイラの様になっており、チューブで辛うじて呼吸し、静脈への点滴でどうにか生き延びているという惨状であった[268]、また、火傷が原因で後日死亡する負傷者も多かった[注 8]。特攻による多大な人的損失に頭を悩ますアメリカ海軍は、水兵に対して「対空戦闘に必要最低限の人数以外は退避させる」「一か所に大人数で集まることを禁止」「全兵員が長袖の軍服を着用し袖や襟のボタンをしっかりとめる、顔など露出部には火傷防止クリームを塗布する」「全兵員のヘルメット着用義務化」「対空戦闘要員以外はうつ伏せになる」など事細かに特攻による兵員の死傷の防止策を指導していた[269]。, 特攻の有効率は高いながらも、特攻に一番近い攻撃法である急降下爆撃の日本軍主張の命中率と比較すると見劣りし[273]、特攻の戦術としての有効性は決して高くはなかったと主張する者もいる[274][275]。ただし下表のとおり、特攻の有効率と比較するために急降下爆撃の命中率として引用されることの多い[276]、太平洋戦争初期の日本軍主張の急降下爆撃の命中率は、攻撃を受けたアメリカ軍やイギリス軍の被害報告に基づく実際の命中率とはかけ離れていた[277]。, 日本軍主張の命中率は過大ではあったが、それでも太平洋戦争の序盤は多大な成果を上げていたことにかわりはなく、アメリカ軍も「彼ら（日本軍）の開戦初期の成功は、非常によく訓練され、組織され、装備された航空部隊が連合軍の不意をついて獲得したものであった」と評価していた[292]。しかし、ミッドウェーの敗戦からソロモン諸島などでの航空消耗戦で弱体化していく日本軍航空戦力を「日本軍の航空戦力がソロモン諸島、ビスマルク諸島、ニューギニアで消耗されると、それらに匹敵する後継部隊を手に入れることができなくなり、日本の空軍力は崩壊しはじめ、ついに自殺攻撃が唯一の効果的な戦法となった。」と評価していた[293]。, 日本軍の航空戦力の弱体化に対して、アメリカ軍側の防空システムは1943年までの日本軍との諸海戦の戦訓により各段に進歩しており、特に1943年以降大量に就役したエセックス級航空母艦の艦隊配備が進歩を加速させた[294]。エセックス級空母各艦は航空母艦群の旗艦となり、搭載された対空捜索用SKレーダー、対水上捜索・航空機誘導用SGレーダー、航空管制用の測高用SMレーダー、予備の対空捜索用SC-2レーダー[295]、射撃用のレーダーとしてMk.37 砲射撃指揮装置と一体化した距離測定用Mk.12レーダーと、高度測角用Mk.22レーダー[296] を活用した戦闘指揮所 (CIC) が、迎撃戦闘機の誘導や新兵器VT信管を駆使した対空射撃など、対空戦闘を総合的に統制し[297]、マリアナ沖海戦では一方的に日本軍通常攻撃機を撃墜し、殆どの日本軍通常攻撃機がアメリカ軍艦隊に到達することができず、命中弾は戦艦サウスダコタへの1発のみと、のちに「マリアナの七面鳥撃ち（The Marianas Turkey Shoot）」と揶揄されたぐらいに、対空システムは完成の域に達していた[298]。, 日本軍が特攻を主要戦術として採用した背景をアメリカ軍は、マリアナ沖海戦以降の航空作戦の苦境で「大本営に、陸海両空軍が正規の航空軍としては敗北したことが明白になったとき絶望的戦術として使用した」「自殺攻撃が開始された理由は、冷静で合理的な軍事的決定であった。」と分析していた[299]。, これらの統計の結果でアメリカ軍は、通常攻撃機を全て特攻機に回したならば、この間の通常攻撃機による79発の命中弾が792発（792機）の命中になったであろうと分析している[301]。, 米国戦略爆撃調査団の公式報告書では「日本軍パイロットがまだ持っていた唯一の長所は、彼等パイロットの確実な死を喜んでおこなう決意であった。 このような状況下で、かれらはカミカゼ戦術を開発させた。 飛行機を艦船まで真っ直ぐ飛ばすことができるパイロットは、敵戦闘機と対空砲火のあるスクリーンを通過したならば、目標に当る為のわずかな技能があるだけでよかった。もし十分な数の日本軍機が同時に攻撃したなら、突入を完全に阻止することは不可能であっただろう。 」と述べられている[302]。通常の航空爆撃と異なり、対空攻撃によって特攻機の乗員が負傷したり機体が破損するなどしても、特攻機は命中するまで操舵を続けるため、投下する爆弾や魚雷を避けることを前提とした艦船の回避行動はほとんど意味がなかった[269]。, 台湾沖で、神風特攻新高隊の零戦2機の特攻攻撃を受け大破炎上、144名戦死203名負傷の甚大な損害を被り、自らも重傷を負った空母「タイコンデロガ」のディクシー・キーファー艦長は、療養中に『アマリロ・デイリー・ニュース』の取材に対して「日本のカミカゼは、通常の急降下爆撃や水平爆撃より4 - 5倍高い確率で命中している。」と答えている[303]。また、「通常攻撃機からの爆撃を回避するように操舵するのは難しくないが、舵を取りながら接近してくる特攻機から回避するように操舵するのは不可能である。」とも述べている[169]。また、イギリスの軍事評論家バリー・ピッドは「日本軍の神風特攻がいかに効果的であったかと言えば、沖縄戦中1900機の特攻機の攻撃で実に14.7%が有効だったと判定されているのである。これはあらゆる戦闘と比較しても驚くべき効率であると言えよう」「アメリカ軍の海軍士官のなかには、神風特攻が連合軍の侵攻阻止に成功するかもしれないと、まじめに考えはじめるものもいたのである」との記述をしている[304][305]。, アメリカ軍は、特攻が通常の航空機による攻撃より優れている点としてイラスト付きで下記を挙げている。（画像参照）[269]。, 1.特攻機は片道攻撃で帰還を考慮しなくていいため、攻撃距離が長い。2.パイロットが突っ込む直前まで操縦できるため、命中率が高い。3.特攻機パイロットは精神的に強靱である。4.特攻機は機体自体が搭載している航空燃料で強力な焼夷弾になる。, 太平洋戦争終戦後相当年数を経た1999年作成のアメリカ空軍報告書においても、特攻機は現在の対艦ミサイルに匹敵する誘導兵器と評価されて、アメリカ軍艦船の最悪の脅威であったと指摘されている。そして特攻機は相対的には少数でありながら、アメリカ軍の戦略に多大な変更を強いており、実際の戦力以上に戦況に影響を与える潜在能力を有していたと結論づけている[306]。, 海軍航空隊は特攻機による接敵法として「高高度接敵法」と「低高度接敵法」を訓練していた[307]。, もっとも基本的な突入法、まず浅い角度で接近し敵艦を攻撃線上に収めて急降下、敵艦が攻撃線上から外れた場合、一旦機首を引き上げ、再度敵艦を攻撃線上に収めて突入, 複数の部隊で攻撃する場合は「高高度接敵法」と「低高度接敵法」を併用し、敵の迎撃の分散を図った。他にも特攻対策の中心的存在であった連合国軍のレーダーを欺瞞する為に、錫箔を貼った模造紙（電探紙、今で言うチャフ）をばら撒いたり、レーダー欺瞞隊と制空部隊ら支援隊と特攻機隊が、別方向から敵艦隊に突入する「時間差攻撃」を行ったり[311] という戦法などで対抗している[51]。 The peak period of kamikaze attack frequency came during April–June 1945 at the Battle of Okinawa. By the Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 1944), the Japanese had to make do with obsolete aircraft and inexperienced aviators in the fight against better-trained and more experienced US Navy airmen who flew radar-directed combat air patrols. They said that the commander of a kamikaze attack should engage in the task first. est un pilote, membre d'une unité militaire de l' Empire du Japon, qui effectuait une mission-suicide pendant la guerre du Pacifique. that plagued the country, and the band broke up after the third CD. Jahrhundert zur Verhinderung zweier Mongoleninvasionen in Japan beitrug. Many warships of all classes were damaged, some severely, but no aircraft carriers, battleships or cruisers were sunk by kamikaze at Okinawa. Later, Tamai asked Lieutenant Yukio Seki to command the special attack force. They never returned, but there is no record of an enemy plane hitting an Allied ship that day. It was an honour to die for Japan and the Emperor. When Japan began to suffer intense strategic bombing by Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, the Japanese military attempted to use suicide attacks against this threat. Bill Gordon, an American Japanologist who specialises in kamikazes, lists in a 2007 article 47 ships known to have been sunk by kamikaze aircraft. For example, Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū ("Peggy") medium bombers, based on Formosa, undertook kamikaze attacks on Allied forces off Okinawa, while a pair of Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu ("Nick") heavy fighters caused enough damage for USS Dickerson (DD-157) to be scuttled. The word originated from Makurakotoba of waka poetry modifying "Ise"[8] and has been used since August 1281 to refer to the major typhoons that dispersed Mongol-Koryo fleets who invaded Japan under Kublai Khan in 1274. It's all a lie that they left filled with braveness and joy, crying, "Long live the emperor!" We read and read, trying to understand why we had to die in our early twenties. Captain Motoharu Okamura, in charge of the Tateyama Base in Tokyo, as well as the 341st Air Group Home, was, according to some sources, the first officer to officially propose kamikaze attack tactics. Kamikaze pilots who were unable to complete their missions (because of mechanical failure, interception, etc.) 現戦局に鑑み艦上戦闘機26機（現有兵力）をもって体当り攻撃隊を編成す（体当り13機）。本攻撃はこれを四隊に区分し、 More specifically, air suicide attack units from the Imperial Japanese Navy were officially called shinpū tokubetsu kōgeki tai (神風特別攻撃隊, "divine wind special attack units"). Eight kamikaze hits on five British carriers resulted in only 20 deaths while a combined total of 15 bomb hits, most of 500 kg (1,100 lb) weight or greater, and one torpedo hit on four carriers caused 193 fatal casualties earlier in the war – striking proof of the protective value of the armoured flight deck. 戦闘〇〇〇飛行隊付　同　谷　暢夫 That it is [21], Rear Admiral Masafumi Arima, the commander of the 26th Air Flotilla (part of the 11th Air Fleet), is sometimes credited with inventing the kamikaze tactic. As the end of the war approached, the Allies did not suffer more serious significant losses, despite having far more ships and facing a greater intensity of kamikaze attacks. The Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi was a simple, easily built propeller aircraft with a wooden airframe that used engines from existing stocks. It is not clear that this was a planned suicide attack, and official Japanese accounts of Arima's attack bore little resemblance to the actual events. [2] Kamikaze attacks were more accurate than conventional attacks, and often caused more damage. [19], One source claims that the first kamikaze mission occurred on 13 September 1944. Five A6M Zeros, led by Lieutenant Seki, were escorted to the target by leading Japanese ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa where they attacked several escort carriers. Third Lapat is a Thai singer, model, and actor best known for his song titled ‘Love Warning’ which garnered more than 90 million views on YouTube. [64], 1944–1945 Japanese suicidal aircraft attacks. Provide me with 300 planes and I will turn the tide of war. [59][60] Some persons who obeyed the policy, such as Kiyokuma Okajima, Saburo Shindo and Iyozo Fujita, were also critical of the policy. [55] Stories like these, which showed the kind of praise and honour death produced, encouraged young Japanese to volunteer for the Special Attack Corps and instilled a desire in the youth to die as a kamikaze. [9][10], A Japanese monoplane that made a record-breaking flight from Tokyo to London in 1937 for the Asahi newspaper group was named Kamikaze. During 1945, the Japanese military began stockpiling hundreds of Tsurugi, Ohkas, other aircraft and suicide boats for use against Allied forces expected to invade Japan. Third Watch (Turno de guardia en España, Emergencias Urbanas en Hispanoamérica), es una serie de televisión dramática que empezó a emitirse en Estados Unidos el 23 de septiembre de 1999. 2. [15] Japanese planners had assumed a quick war and lacked comprehensive programmes to replace the losses of ships, pilots and sailors; and Midway; the Solomon Islands campaign (1942–1945) and the New Guinea campaign (1942–1945), notably the Battles of Eastern Solomons (August 1942); and Santa Cruz (October 1942), decimated the IJNAS veteran aircrews, and replacing their combat experience proved impossible.[16]. Anh hiện đang là thành viên ban nhạc TRINITY trực thuộc công ty giải trí 4NOLOGUE[1]. Kamikaze (神風 kamikaze; secara harafiah berarti "angin dewa") adalah sebuah istilah bahasa Jepang yang berasal dari nama angin topan dalam legenda yang disebut-sebut telah menyelamatkan Jepang dari invasi Mongol pada tahun 1281. List of Imperial Japanese Army air-to-surface special attack units, List of Imperial Japanese Navy air-to-surface special attack units, "Father of the Kamikaze Liner Notes – AnimEigo", ww2pacific.com, 2004, "World War II in the Pacific: Japanese Suicide Attacks at Sea", "Motoori Norinaga: A scholar-physician who loved cherry blossoms", Richard L. Dunn, 2002–2005, "First Kamikaze? In total, seven carriers were hit, as well as 40 other ships (five sunk, 23 heavily damaged and 12 moderately damaged). [52], Irokawa Daikichi, Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers, Pilots were given a manual that detailed how they were supposed to think, prepare and attack. 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