US Navy Ships vs Kamikazes 1944-1945 (Osprey Duel 76)
US Navy Ships vs Kamikazes 1944-1945 (Osprey Duel 76)
2016 | ISBN: 1472812735 | English | 84 Pages | True PDF | 40 MB
2016 | ISBN: 1472812735 | English | 84 Pages | True PDF | 40 MB
The ineffectiveness of conventional air attacks on US Navy surface ships, particularly heavily defended targets like carrier task groups, forced the Japanese to re-evaluate 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.