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| | Kamikaze - Free net encyclopedia |
 | | Kamikaze (神風) is a word of Japanese origin, which, in the English language, usually refers to suicide attacks carried out by Japanese aircrews against Allied shipping towards the end of the Pacific campaign of World War II. |
 | | Since the end of the war, in 1945, the word kamikaze has often times been applied to other varietes of attack in which the attacker is sacrificed in the process. |
 | | In the Japanese language, kamikaze (Template:IPA2) (Japanese:神風), usually translated as "Divine wind" (kami is the word for "god", "spirit", or "divinity"; and kaze for "wind"), came into being as the name of a legendary typhoon said to have saved Japan from a Mongol invasion fleet in 1281. |
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