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<small>For the alcoholic beverage, see [[Kamikaze (drink)]]</small>
:<small>''For the alcoholic beverage, see [[Kamikaze (drink)]]''</small>
'''Kamikaze''' were suicide attacks by [[Japanese]] pilots who towards the end of the [[World War II]] crashed their airplanes into enemy ships. The attacks began in October 1944 and continued to the end of the war, and did significant damage to the American fleet.
'''Kamikaze''' ([[Kanji]]: 神風) were suicide attacks by [[Japanese]] pilots who towards the end of the [[World War II]] crashed their airplanes into enemy ships. The attacks began in October 1944 and continued to the end of the war, and did significant damage to the American fleet.
==Name==
==Name==
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|l=divine wind
|kanji=神風
|romaji=kamikaze
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The name is translated into "Divine Wind", which refers to major typhoons in the years 1274 and 1281. These typhoons dispersed [[Mongol]] armadas on their way to an invasion of Japan. As the typhoons were believed to be gifts from the gods, they were given the name ''kamikaze'', from the words ''kami'' for "god", "spirit", and "divinity",; and ''kaze'' for "wind".
The name is translated into "Divine Wind", which refers to major typhoons in the years 1274 and 1281. These typhoons dispersed [[Mongol]] armadas on their way to an invasion of Japan. As the typhoons were believed to be gifts from the gods, they were given the name ''kamikaze'', from the words ''kami'' for "god", "spirit", and "divinity",; and ''kaze'' for "wind".
==Background==
==Background==