Today in History - January 5, 1943 - Kamikaze Pilots get Their First Orders

 January 5, 1943 - Kamikaze Pilots get Their First Orders

   The word 'kamikaze' means 'divine wind'. It is interesting to note people's reactions to war. It is considered more valuable to be destructive than it is to be considerate. Here is the article from www.history.com:

On this day in 1945, Japanese pilots received the first order to become kamikaze, meaning "divine wind" in Japanese. The suicidal blitz of the kamikazes revealed Japan's desperation in the final months of World War II. Most of Japan's top pilots were dead, but youngsters needed little training to take planes full of explosives and crash them into ships. At Okinawa, they sank 30 ships and killed almost 5,000 Americans.