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First Organized Kamikaze Attacks

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1944Date range
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Chronological records

1944

Takijiro Onishi25 October 1944

Philippines · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Onishi's special-attack units carry out the first successful organized kamikaze strikes against American naval forces during the Leyte campaign.

Names involved

Takijiro Onishi

Provenance

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