At war with the wind : the epic struggle with Japan's World War II suicide bombers

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Label

At war with the wind : the epic struggle with Japan's World War II suicide bombers

Title remainder

the epic struggle with Japan's World War II suicide bombers

Statement of responsibility

David Sears

Creator

• Sears, David, 1947-

Contributor

• OverDrive, Inc

Subject

• Japan, Kaigun | Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai
• Kamikaze
• Kamikaze pilots -- Japan -- History
• Pazifikkrieg (1941-1945)
• USA
• Electronic books
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

In the last days of World War II, a new and baffling weapon terrorized the United States Navy in the Pacific. To the sailors who learned to fear them, the body-crashing warriors of Japan were known as "suiciders"; among the Japanese, they were named for a divine wind that once saved the home islands from invasion: kamikaze

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Dewey number

940.544952

Index

no index present

LC call number

D792.J3

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography