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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Oda Nobunaga, Kamikaze, Forty-seven Ronin, Junshi, Sen no Riky, Uesugi Kagetora, Death poem, Ashikaga Motouji, Azai Nagamasa, Byakkotai, Torii Mototada, Yamanami Keisuke, Kaishakunin, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Shibata Katsuie, Toyotomi Hidetsugu, Zusho Hirosato, Toyotomi Hideyori, Asano Naganori, Maki Yasuomi, ishi Yoshio, Oda Nobutaka, Yui Sh setsu, Takeda Katsuyori, Minamoto no Yorimasa, Minamoto no Tametomo, Watanabe Kazan, Hirate Masahide, Asakura Yoshikage, H j Ujimasa, Horibe Yasubei, Mori Ranmaru, Kijima Matabei, Tanaka Shinbei, Shimizu Muneharu, Akamatsu Mitsusuke, Matsudaira Nobuyasu, uchi Yoshitaka, Jigai, Prince Takanaga, Bessho Nagaharu, Tanaka Tosa, Azai Hisamasa, Sassa Narimasa, Nishina Morinobu, Oda Nobutada, Niimi Nishiki, Takeda Yoshinobu, Amago Okihisa, Akechi Mitsuharu, H j Ujiteru, Jinbo Kuranosuke, End Motonobu, Matsukura Katsuie, Shinoda Gisabur, Kayano Gonbei, Atagi Fuyuyasu, Yakushiji Motoichi, Aiura Nagato, Akechi Mitsuyoshi, Bessho Harusada. Excerpt: The Kamikaze, common translation: "divine wind") Tokubetsu K gekitai ) Tokk Tai ) Tokk ) were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy as many warships as possible. Kamikaze pilots would attempt to crash their aircraft into enemy ships in what was called a "Body Attack" (; ) taiatari- in planes often laden with explosives, bombs, torpedoes and full fuel tanks. The aircraft's normal functions (to deliver torpedoes or bombs or shoot down other aircraft) were put aside, and the planes were converted to what were essentially manned missiles in an attempt to reap the benefits of greatly increased accuracy and payload over that of normal bombs. The goal of crippling as many...
