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Kamikaze
thumb|254x254px|A kamikaze attack aircraft crashes into a US naval warship, May 1945.
, officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks. About 3,800 kamikaze pilots died during the war in attacks that killed more than 7,000 Allied naval personnel, sank several dozen warships, and damaged scores more. The term is used generically in modern w
Takijirō Ōnishi
Imperial Japanese Navy admiral (1891-1945)
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
1945 attack aircraft

hachimaki
thumb|Takeru Kobayashi wearing a hachimaki in 2010
A (headband, "helmet-scarf") is a type of Japanese headband, usually made of red or white cloth, typically featuring a design of kanji at the front.
pilot suicide
an event in which a pilot deliberately crashes or attempts to crash an aircraft as a way to kill themself and sometimes passengers on board or people on the ground
Operation Kikusui
1945 Japanese suicidal air attacks in WW2
Dōki no Sakura
Japanese WWII military song
Motoharu Okamura
Japanese naval officer
Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
war museum in Japan

Tome Torihama
Japanese owner of dining hall (1902-1992)