Kamikaze Battle Of Okinawa

Through it all military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea.
Kamikaze battle of okinawa. For the april 1945 invasion of okinawa the allies assembled the most powerful naval force in history. Divine wind or spirit wind officially tokubetsu kōgekitai 特別攻撃隊 special attack unit were a part of the japanese special attack units of military aviators who initiated suicide attacks for the empire of japan against allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the pacific campaign of world war ii designed to destroy warships more effectively than possible with conventional air attacks. The initial invasion of okinawa on april 1 1945 was the largest amphibious assault in the pacific theater of world war ii. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century with a casualty rate in the tens of thousands.
Porter sinks after a kamikaze attack off okinawa 10 june 1945. Landings on okinawa and neighboring islands destroyer william d. Destroyer isherwood dd 520 a veteran of 14 island invasions arrived off okinawa on 26 march 1945. On may 6 1945 a twin engine kamikaze plane s bomb exploded beside the destroyer luce part of the radar picket ship screen surrounding okinawa and ripped her starboard side like a sardine.
She actively participated in the initial pre landing bombardments off kerama retto remaining on station as troops from tenth army stormed ashore on 1 april in the biggest amphibious assault of the pacific war. Kamikaze 神風 kamiꜜkaze. Through it all military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea. A landing craft support stands by to pick up survivors.