Kamikaze
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World War II was marked by dramatic shifts in military tactics and strategies, none more desperate than those deployed in the conflict’s final months. One such strategy was the formation of Sonderkommando Elbe, a unique Luftwaffe unit whose mission involved an extreme form of aerial warfare: ramming Allied bombers. In a bid to halt the
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I know what you are thinking “Yet another blog about Japanese suicide bombers” but you’d be wrong. This Japanese kamikaze did not attack anywhere in the pacific but it flew to London instead. The Ki-15 aircraft was originally designed to meet a 1935 Army Air Force requirement. The prototype first took flight in May 1936,
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Kamikaze translates into divine wind and refers to a typhoon that destroyed an enemy fleet in the 13th century. In the middle of the 13th century, Mongol fleets sailed to attack a helpless Japan. As the invaders approached the Japanese coast, terrific winds arose, smashed the Mongol ships and thwarted the attack. This “Divine Wind”
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