American Aces Against the Kamikaze AptifyID2704445 Signature orange ring

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All the post-war roles performed by the B-17 are covered in both text and photos

Elda Carpenter

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American Aces Against the Kamikaze AptifyID2704445 Signature orange ringThe Japanese High Command realized that the loss of Okinawa would give the Americans a base for the invasion of Japan. Its desperate response to the invasion of Okinawa was to unleash the full force of the Special Attack Units, known in the west as the Kamikaze ('Divine Wind'), in the hope of inflicting punishing casualties on the US Pacific fleet that in turn disrupted the invasion. In a series of mass attacks in between April and June 1945, more