In World War II, what name was given to a Japanese Pilot who crashed deliberately onto its target?
Correct answer: Kamikaze
dannypercival
so really they was suicide bombers with better transport.
JessicaViktoria
This is slightly incorrect as the Japanese named select pilots to be kamekaze pilots. They were given modified zero fighter planes that would have a sort of "bomb chamber" in it for when they'd fly into enemy ships, they were also not given enough fuel to return home.
EnTiTyUK
'crash' rather than 'crush'
Iceman
Kamikaze, literally translated means 'divine wind'.
aylabootsie
Ms. Fitt 1938504, no need to get all nippy/catty just a GAME people!! We don’t need more negativity type comments out there.. hence why I don’t have Twitter, Facebook etc people get nasty
Terraman58
The word Kamikaze actually means 'divine wind', it comes from when the Mongol empire was set to invade Japan but it's naval fleet was destroyed by a great storm & the invasion never happened.
Mysterious_gurl
JessicaViktoria, yes that is true that pilots were given the name kamikaze pilots but it every single one of them because the generals words to the men were that it would be better to LITERALLY commit suicide than be captured. That was how they gave honor to their country. they would rather give honor and die than be captured. so that it why they were given those names.
love it
what ever. my dad shot down one of the Japanese planes before it hit the ship he was on.
Daktor
Kamikaze was not the blitz, the blitz was the German word for the quick and devastating bombing of Britain, blitzkrieg.
tonyl
There was an Irish kamikaze pilot who had 5 successful missions...
sergetegherwako@gmail.co
most people are nicknamed kamikaze
jejelebouef
Ya well as memory serves.... They certainly didn't do that at Pearl Harbor!? To honor your God is one thing but it was the sacrifice that was needed to carry out the mission & take as many casualties possible to save fuel also as "Jessica" mentioned!
Peace
Terraman58, Is this from Nichiren’s prayers?
Joy
Quite sad, to sacrifice your own life for a war. I'd fight to save mine. All people, different nationalities, have different beliefs.
Tigress
JessicaViktoria, and it is sad they lost so many brave young men. My father and uncles were on the ships they targeted. No one wins in a war.
Ange
These questions are very easy, and I'm playing on the hard level. They are questions for high school kids.
Douglas
The Nazis nearly had something similar with their Leonidas squadron. The aircraft was a modified V1, the idea being that the pilot would bale-out once he lined up the aircraft on its target. in reality, this would be highly unlikely, and any mission would be one way. Luckily, sainer minds prevailed.
marimargo
Many times an invading country brain washes their soldiers, sailors, etc about the horrors they will endure if captured by the enemy. That may be one reason fighters choose to die instead of becoming a prisoner.
I don't know if this is the case with the kamikaze pilots.
Also it was considered a great honor to die for your country and the emperor.
RomeoW
playing this game really teachs me a lot, I feel like I can participate in who wants to be a millionaire challenge 😋
Beaut
I don’t know how people could choose to do this to others (and yourself), war is just so hard for me to understand.
Dalia
Are their souls will be at Heaven or Inferno?
RVN
Daktor, blitzkrieg means lightning war and applied to the rapid invasion of a country with overwhelming force e.g. Germany's invasion of France in WWII. I don't think it applies to the bombing of the UK, which was known simply as "The Blitz", or Lightning. Obviously, the Germans never invaded Britain, so the Blitzkrieg never happened there. Obviously the Blitz was part of the war, so it's a fine distinction, but I'm not aware of blitzkrieg ever being used in the context of the bombing of the UK.
Lionessa
Kamikaze pilots first appeared at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in Oct. 1944. It was an act of desperation late in the war. The youngest Kamikaze was 16 years old.
alfazulu89
TENOHEKA, BANZAI!!!
Jargbe
great to know 👍🏾
Travis
in Philippines we have a band named Kamikaze 😊
Player #120069914
They are kamikaze for their life is with their missions .a suicidal attack to defeat enemies.
norie
'car' rather than 'bar'
Deadwood
dannypercival, - they were ……
Vinzy
JessicaViktoria, 😳
Abcde
kaze the csgo player
Sujay
This is f_cked up
Victoria
R+T#1/2 o+b#45/46, really? Landing gear would fall off the plane? Hadn’t heard that before, ,make sense tho,
k.Wallace
aylabootsie, 👍
BOOTSYC869
why did they wear helmets.
CelticQueen
JessicaViktoria, Terrible really … how very sad 😞
Angela
Ahmed, Yeah, would be interesting right?
Angela
Player #21374632, Me too... it's a waste of time.
Angela
aylabootsie, I will never have any of those total waste of time.
Angela
tonyl, That is very great.