Word War 2: Kamikaze Pilots

Before and during the Second World War people were fascinated with flight, the speed and the idea of flying high in the sky has kept people interested. Bombers and fighters alike both change dramatically in the twenty years after the Great War. From cloth wings to metal wings planes became bigger, faster, agile, and can hold a lot more fire power. The air war has changes significantly since the First World War. During the First World War bombers played a big role in the air war and after it left many questions whether it is the way to win wars. There has been speculation that future wars would be won by bombers and it can crush and the enemies at home and also the soldiers. Both book, Wartime by Fusslle and Why the Allies Won by Overy explain in depth what was the actual outcome of bombers and their roles before and after the war.

Operation valkyrie assassination of adolf hitler. A german soldier named Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg's made the attempt to kill hitler. The failed attempt occurred on July 20, 1944. Hitler lived on and killed any one who was rebellious to the nazis plans or was not apart of his arion rase.

Another aspect of the Japanese success was powerful and effective tactics. Tactics include the training of the Japanese soldiers and their objectives in battle. Japanese soldiers were trained to die honourable – to fight to the death and never be taken prisoner3. Training the soldiers to fight this way was not only traditionally Japanese, but it inspired them to continue fighting beyond what would be seen as a reasonable time. This sincere dedication to defending their people and Emperor (the cause of this training) allowed the Japanese soldiers to be effective killers even when faced with undeniable defeat4. Beyond their training, the Japanese had other advantages in their battle objectives. The use of radar was essential to the Americans, and so the Japanese were often ordered to target the radar stations on islands before beginning full assaults5. Targeting the radar stations prevented the Americans from properly estimating the Japanese forces or from knowing where they were headed. The final tactical advantage the Japanese had was that their air force consisted of small experienced squads – especially for important missions6. Having been involved in a number of minor wars in east Asia in the 1930s, Japanese forces were far more experienced; this lead to a much greater effectiveness than the inexperienced Americans.

World War II had a major impact on America. America did suffer economic crisis from the

After the deaths of 37,508,686 soldiers by the end of World War I, Europe was a mess. Countries had been dissolved and rearranged, governments had fallen and been replaced, and economies were thriving then crashing, all as a result from World War I. One of the main goals at the end of World War I was to prevent another tragedy like World War I from happening again. Clearly that did not happen, as World War II still happened, causing over 50 million deaths. The repercussions of World War I caused World War II due to radical ideology, bad economic conditions, and nationalism to the point of extremity.

"World War 2 was a war fought in two distinct phases. The first was the last war of a new generation. The second was emphatically the first of a new era" . <br><br>"The British strategic bomber campaign was of doubtful cost effectiveness" . Bomber Command was by far the largest claimant on labour and factory space within the armed forces. Relative to their size they suffered more casualties than any other sector. <br><br>The Anglo-American bomber force was divided in terms of strategy. Bomber Command believed it was too risky to bomb by day, while the Americans believed it was too difficult to bomb by night. Initially both forces lacked accurate navigational equipment, which deterred them from precision bombing. <br><br>Germany developed a

“As the war progressed and it became obvious that American technology was superior to Japan’s, the Japanese began utilizing kamikaze pilots to attack Allied ships in the Pacific to balance the power” (Document 3). The Japanese were sending their troops on these planes knowing they would not make it out alive, and the men knew it too. They were practically sent on suicide missions. They already did not value each individual life and while what we did to them may have seemed extreme, it protected our men.

The attack was a very well thought out and very well executed plan, at exactly 7:53 AM the first wave of attackers came in planes dropping bombs and firing their machine guns. There was 167 planes in the first wave. The attack went on for maybe 30 minutes to 45 before the second wave came. There was also small submarines that the Japanese used. The second wave came at 8:55 AM

On May 4-6th General Ushijima ordered his troops to commence a land and sea kamikaze air counter offensive. The impossible purpose behind this was to recapture all ground lost to the Allies. All efforts ended in extreme disappointment to the General. The kamikazes were annihilated and their land troops devastated by mortar, artillery, and machine gun fire. Col. Hiromichi

The first planes arrived at 7:53 a.m. There were in total, 40 torpedo bombers, 50 dive bombers, 50 high level bombers and 43 zero fighters. This wave was targeting the airfields and battleships. The second wave arrived shortly after and targeted other ships and shipyard facilities. The U.S. was especially vulnerable to this attack because there was no suspicion of any attacks whatsoever. Torpedo nets are not in place in the harbor, weapons and ammunition are locked away from each other to comply with peacetime rules, and aircraft are parked wingtip to wingtip on airstrips.The aircraft therefore took much longer to take off and were easily destroyed in mass quantities because they were so close together. After the attack is over Japan has damaged 8 battleships and sunk 5. Three light cruisers, three

In the 2004 movie, Ike: Countdown to D-Day, a profile of the leadership style of General Dwight D. Eisenhower is presented as planning and preparation for the single greatest invasion in the history of the world is engaged. This paper examines the leadership style and qualities of the Supreme Allied Commander as presented in the movie and in other literary references.

Kamikaze strategy employed by Japan towards the end of WWII was out of desperation against a force that would have been impossible to defeat by any conventional means. The “surprise” of the kamikaze attacks was not that the Japanese developed a new technology or technique; it was their decision that their lives/homeland had reached a point of “life or death” with allied forces still far off in the Philippines and not yet able to launch significant attacks against mainland Japan. This realization drove decision-making to expend lives intentionally vice by attrition, turning planes and pilots into air to surface missiles. The idea of a guided missile was not new, however guidance was still the largest problem having “solved” the issues of launching and controlling an

Being a Kamikaze Pilot meant to give up your life, to allow the actions of your own self depict where you end up in the long run. You had strict instructions, to leave and never come back. I’m sure you're thinking about this type of situation and saying you would never do that, you would never give up your life in-order to kill thousands of other people. However, these were young men ranging from ages 18-25 and their one and only goal was to serve their country and respect their leader. Japan was losing the war, they were running out of options and sending out thousands of Kamikaze Pilots was their last chance for hope of winning the war.

Most people think that the Japanese suicidal attacks were an act of desperation, but it surprised many on how effective this daring Japanese attack actually was. The Japs were in trouble, they were on the bridge of losing the war, so the thought of dying for their country in a fiery plane crash seemed nobler to them then surrendering to the Americans. The Japanese were known to some as “Crazy Japs” (Powers) because of this theory made up by General Tudimichi, the reason people thought they were crazy is because they bought into this suicidal attack. Although the kamikaze was made as an act of desperation it actually became one of the Japanese most useful attack methods.

The tactics used in World War II had to come from somewhere and that was the past. The main reason for this was because most high ranking officers only knew old tactics. One of the biggest strategies that most are familiar with is the use of trench warfare. The many problems both sides faced when using trenches was how vulnerable soldiers were inside them. They were prone to constant chemical attacks, artillery barrages, and tanks. Trench warfare was not a pretty fight but it was one of the most used tactics throughout the war. An offensive at Somme was a prime example of the use and tactical advantage tools of war gave a side. In the summer of 1916, General Douglas Haig ad ordered and eight day artillery bombardment to soften up the German