Kamikaze

Kamikaze(神風, [kamikaꜜze]; "divine wind" or "spirit wind"), officially Tokubetsu Kōgekitai(特別攻撃隊,"Special Attack Unit"), abbreviated as Tokkō Tai(特攻隊), and used as a verb as Tokkō(特攻,"special attack"), were suicide attacks by military aviators from 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 was possible with conventional attacks. During World War II, about 3,860 kamikaze pilots died, and about 19% of kamikaze attacks managed to hit a ship.