The ineffectiveness of conventional air attacks on U.S. Navy surface ships, particularly heavily defended targets such as carrier task groups, forced the Japanese to reevaluate 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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1472812735
ISBN13:9781472812735
Release Date:September 2016
Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)
Length:80 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.1" x 9.5"
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