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	Kamikaze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Air attacks were the predominant and best-known aspect of a wider use of — or plans for — suicide attacks by Japanese personnel, including soldiers carrying explosives, and boat crews (see Japanese Special Attack Units.
		Japanese forces, after their defeat at the Battle of Midway in 1942, lost the momentum they had at the start of the Pacific War (known officially as the Great Eastern Asian War in Japan).
		Special ceremonies were often held, immediately prior to kamikaze missions, in which pilots, carrying prayers from their families, were given military decorations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kamikaze (2157 words)

	The Story of the Invasion of Japan
		The Japanese planed to coordinate their kamikaze and conventional air strikes with attacks from the 40 remaining conventional submarines from the Japanese Imperial Navy, beginning when the invasion fleet was 10 miles off Kyushu.
		As early as 1944, Japan had established a special naval attack unit, which was the counterpart of the special attack units of the air, to be used in the defense of the homeland.
		The principal goal of the special attack units of the air and sea was to shatter the invasion before the landing.
	home.att.net /~sallyann4/invasion3.html (3522 words)

	HyperWar: USSBS: Campaigns of the Pacific War
		The Japanese attack on the United States Fleet at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 has been the subject of so much writing and debate that general familiarity with the important events surrounding that fateful episode is assumed.
		Both attack units attacked for 30 to 60 minutes and then rendezvoused with their respective fighter units at a point bearing 340° distance 20 miles from Kaena Point and proceeded directly back to the carriers.
		The attacks on Pearl Harbor were not continued or followed up by surface craft bombardment because the sole objective of the attack was to destroy the capital ship strength of the United States Pacific Fleet in order to delay any United States advance across the Pacific.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/PTO-Campaigns/USSBS-PTO-2.html (3056 words)

	OPERATION KETSU-GO
		The Japanese were preparing and may have been able to bring their ammunition supplies back up to the three month level given the amount of time between August and November.
		Artillery and mortar units were to be emplaced generally on the reverse slope of the first ridges inland from the beach and in caves further inland.
		The Japanese special suicide forces were seen as a "Divine Wind" which was to save their nation just as the "Divine Wind" had driven the Mongol hordes back in the thirteenth century.
	www.fas.org /irp/eprint/arens/chap4.htm (4636 words)

	MacArthur in the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Japanese Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area: Volume II - Parts I and II This series of illustrations is from a two-volume set chronicling the operations and planned actions of American and Japanese forces during World War II.
		The numbers of Japanese to be repatriated by region at the end of World War II.
		Numbers of Air Tokkotai ("special attack" planes, commonly known as Kamikaze) utilized in the Japanese defense of the Philippines.
	maps.library.umass.edu /raster/other_historical/genmac.html (725 words)

	Death class papers: Kamikaze Pilots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The opinions on the Japanese defeat among the Japanese leaders might not have been as simple and unified as Taylor and Ryan suggest, so as in the case of the hopes of the soldiers for the victory.
		The "Special Attack Force" units were named after this divine figure as the savior of the desperate situation of national crisis, which Japan was in at the time of the birth of the suicide attack units.
		The Japanese way of life is indeed beautiful, and I am proud of it, as I am of Japanese history and mythology which reflect the purity of our ancestors and their believe in the past—whether or not those beliefs are true.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~liminal/papers/matsuo/kamikaze.html (6095 words)

	Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces
		The Special Naval Landing Forces, at least at the start of the war, were highly-trained units who recognized that their position in the forefront of amphibious landing operations made them a sort of elite, and who evidenced correspondingly high motivation and morale as well.
		In December 1941 several Special Naval Landing Forces participated in the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, and especially the multiple landing operations aimed at the main northern island of Luzon.
		But most of the Special Naval Landing Forces and the more improvised naval ground units raised in the final two years of the war were a far cry from the well-trained units which led the way in the early successful Pacific offensives [ 2 ].
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/SNLF.html (2596 words)

	82.03.01: When Military Necessity Overrides Constitutional Guarantees: The Treatment of Japanese Americans During World ...
		As Japanese immigration increased the transfer of the yellow peril stereotype from the Chinese to the Japanese accelerated and fears of Oriental inundation on the West Coast were revived.
		Although their skills and hard labor in the agricultural fields were welcomed the Japanese, as soon as they showed any signs of initiative or a desire to better their economic conditions, were seen as a threat to the white population.
		While the majority of Japanese Americans complied with the military orders as a means of demonstrating their loyalty to the United States, there were many equally patriotic individuals who decided to challenge the discriminatory orders on constitutional grounds.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/3/82.03.01.x.html (6391 words)

	PEARL HARBOR ATTACK PLANNING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Attack force was organized as follows: 1st Air Squadron (Kaga and Alagi [Akagi]), 2nd Air Squadron (Hiryu and Soryu), 5th Air Squadron (Zuikaku and Shokaku), 3rd Squadron (Hiei and Kongo), 8th Squadron (Tone and Chikuma), 4 destroyer divisions making one squadron, 8 transports and 2 submarines.
		The Japanese report that answers to questions 14-20 inclusive and question 48 (which concern their sources of military intelligence on which operational plans were based) will require further investigation, which is now in progress.
		Such matters as the strength of the UNITED STATES Fleet in the HAWAII area, the condition of military installations, the days upon which the fleet moved out of and into port, the location and condition of moorages, waters in which maneuvers were held, air patrols, etc., were used as basic intelligence material.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/pha/pt_12/x12-008.html (14662 words)

	Reader's Companion to Military History - - Kamikazes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The organization of the Divine Wind Special Attack Corps was begun during the Japanese defense of the Philippines.
		At the same time, heedless of losses, the Japanese high command sought to whip the public into a frenzy of patriotic fervor as American forces approached the homeland, mythologizing the sacrifices of the kamikazes as the deliverers of a miracle that would keep enemy fleets from the sacred shores of Japan.
		Army and navy units were raised to ram enemy planes in the sky, drive fast motorboats into landing craft, and leap from concealed positions to throw themselves under tanks.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/mil/html/mh_026800_kamikazes.htm (462 words)

	Abundant dreams diverted
		Japanese farmers turned hundreds of acres of stumpland in Bellevue and the White River Valley into farmland yielding berries and vegetables in abundance.
		The Japanese bombs that sunk the West Virginia and pushed America into World War II also radically changed the lives of Japanese Americans living in the Puget Sound region.
		Prominent Japanese citizens publicly expressed their dismay at the actions of the Japanese government, and more than 1,300 crowded into the Buddhist Temple to pledge allegiance to the United States.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /centennial/june/internment.html (1064 words)

	Army unit piecing together accounts of Pentagon attack: 12/20/01
		That job was daunting enough for the Army to dispatch a second unit, the 46th Military History Detachment from Little Rock, Ark., to help with the interviews.
		All but 68 of the 2,403 Americans who died in the Japanese attack on Hawaii were soldiers and sailors.
		The researchers hope their work will be a thorough account of the Pentagon attack, as well as a guide on what should be done to prevent terrorist attacks.
	www.s-t.com /daily/12-01/12-20-01/a02wn018.htm (901 words)

	Rise of Nations Nation Profile: Japanese and the Power of Honor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Japanese player can benefit from building up a strong economy and researching Science technology, and advancing quickly through the ages in order to make use of unique national bonuses.
		These are Heavy Infantry units which, while slow-moving, are strong on both attack and defense, and which outclass the regular game Pikemen.
		Or, use the special Infantry units as perimeter defenders and advance through the ages to take advantage of the economic bonuses.
	www.microsoft.com /games/riseofnations/nations_japanese.asp (282 words)

	CNN.com - Computer worm grounds flights, blocks ATMs - Jan. 26, 2003
		Experts called it the most damaging attack on the Internet in 18 months as networks across Asia, Europe and the Americas were effectively shut down, Reuters reported.
		The White House was notified about the attack after it was discovered early Saturday, said Tiffany Olson, a spokeswoman for the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board.
		Worms of this nature are often precursors to a different type of attack called "distributed denial of service." In that case, computers infected with a worm or other program are directed to send a flood of information to a specific Internet location and force it off-line.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack (879 words)

	Review: Emblems of the Rising Sun
		This book is not only worthwhile for aficionados of the JAAF, or model builders, but is itself an outsanding publication in terms of quality, research and scope that anyone interested in WWII aviation would want in their library.
		This section is followed by a flow chart / order of battle for the JAAF showing the break-down of various units and the theaters they served, airfield locations and aircraft types operated.
		Japanese aircraft as a whole have never been my strong suit – let alone markings of the various IJAAF units.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /reviews/emblems.html (650 words)

	CNN.com - Journalist: U.S. planning for possible attack on Iran - Jan 17, 2005
		Bartlett said the United States is working with its European allies to help persuade Iran not to pursue nuclear weapons.
		Hersh said U.S. officials believe that a U.S. attack on Iran might provoke an uprising by Iranians against the hard-line religious leaders who run the government.
		Under the secret plans, the war on terrorism would be led by the Pentagon, and the power of the CIA would be reduced, Hersh wrote in his article.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/hersh.iran (986 words)

	Tinian National Historical ParkStudy
		Tinian is sometimes frequented by the Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus mariannus), which is on the CNMI Endangered Species List and proposed for federal listing throughout the Marianas archipelago. The fruit bat roosts in large trees surrounding Lake Hagoi and along the clifflines and forest plateau near Mount Lasso.
		There have been five unconfirmed Brown Tree Snake (Boigus irregularis) sightings on Tinian: one in February 1990 and four were spotted during one sighting in November 1995. The snake is an alien species that preys on and is highly destructive to native birds.
		North Field, when completed in 1945, was the largest airbase in the Pacific, perhaps in the world. Each of its four parallel runways stretch east and west for 8,500 feet. Around and in between the runways are nearly eleven miles of taxiways.
	www.nps.gov /pwro/piso/Tinian/tiniandr.htm (1657 words)

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