Title: The divine wind : Japan's Kamikaze Force in World War II /
Authors: Inoguchi, Rikihei.; Nakajima, Tadashi,; Pineau, Roger, 1916-1993,
Publisher: Greenwood Press,
Year: 1978
Subjects: Japan.; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, Japanese.
Contents: Birth of the Kamikaze. The 201st air group ; Mishap over Manila ; 'On behalf of your hundred million countrymen' ; Marianas aftermath ; Rise of the kamikaze spirit ; Yamato unit arrives -- Kamikaze operations in the Philippines. The sho operation ; First successes ; Extension of the kamikaze ; Life at a kamikaze base ; Formation of the second kamikaze corps ; Philippine exodus -- Special attack unite in Formosa. First air fleet reorganization ; Kamikazes at Iwo Jima -- The islands of Japan. The war nears Japan ; 'Kikusui' operations at Okinawa ; The end of the Imperial Navy ; Last days of Admiral Ohnishi -- The divine wind. The man and the hour ; The kamikaze controversy ; Last letters home.