Description
Product ID: | 9781472812735 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | CN |
Series: | Duel |
Title: | US Navy Ships vs Kamikazes 1944–45 |
Authors: | Author: Mark Stille, Jim Laurier |
Page Count: | 80 |
Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Second World War, Air forces and warfare, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Air forces & warfare, Japan, USA, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The Japanese solution to their rapidly deteriorating military situation in 1944--suicide missions--was not only terrifying and effective, but has fascinated military enthusiasts ever since. The ineffectiveness of conventional air attacks on U.S. Navy surface ships, particularly heavily defended targets such as carrier task groups, forced the Japanese to reevaluate 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. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-09-22 |