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The divine wind : Japans Kamikaze Force in World War II

Publisher: Bantam Books,


Title Details
  • The divine wind :
Publishers
  • New York, N.Y. :Bantam Books,1978.
Descriptions
  • xxii, 262 pagesillustrations
Isbn
    0553125788
Subjects
  • Japan. -- Kaigun. -- Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Online Sources
Location RHC
Item Call Number D 792 .J3 I513 1978
Status Available
Barcode 17782
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 0553125788
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 792 .J3
  • Item number - I513 1978
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
  • Classification number - 940.54/49/52
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Inoguchi, Rikihei.
Uniform Title
  • Uniform title - Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai.
  • Language of a work - English
Title Statement
  • Title - The divine wind :
  • Remainder of title - Japan's Kamikaze Force in World War II /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Rikihei Inoguchi and Tadashi Nakajima, with Roger Pineau ; foreword by C. R. Brown.
Edition Statement
  • Edition statement - Bantam ed.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York, N.Y. :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Bantam Books,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1978.
Physical Description
  • Extent - xxii, 262 pages
  • Other physical details - illustrations
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
General Note
  • General note - Translation of Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai.
  • General note - Reprint of the 1958 Naval Institute Press ed.
  • General note - Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - Pt. 1. Birth of the Kamikaze: Mabalacat -- Mishap over Manila -- "On behalf of your hundred million countrymen" -- Marianas aftermath -- Rise of the Kamikaze spirit -- Cebu -- Pt. 2. Kamikaze operations in the Philippines: The Sho operation and early sorties -- First successes -- Extension of the Kamikaze organization -- Life at a Kamikaze base -- Final operations in the Philippines -- Philippine exodus -- Pt. 3. Special attack units in Formosa: The divine wind in Formosa -- The Tan operation -- Pt. 4. The islands of Japan: The war nears Japan -- Homeland special attack units -- The end of the Imperial Navy -- Last days of Admiral Ohnishi -- Pt. 5. The divine wind: Admiral Ohnishi's credo -- The Kamikaze controversy -- Last letters home -- Appendices: Appendix A : Kamikaze attack operations in the Philippine Islands area -- Appendix B : Kamikaze attack operations in the Formosa area -- Appendix C : Kamikaze attack operations in the Okinawa area
Subject Corporate Name
  • Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Japan.
  • Subordinate unit - Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Aerial operations, Japanese.
Personal Name
  • Personal name - Nakajima, Tadashi,
  • Relator term - joint author.
  • Personal name - Pineau, Roger,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1916-1993,
  • Relator term - joint author.