Kamikaze

A kamakazie was a Japanese sucide weapon consisting of anything that could fly and fly into a ship. The first organized kamakazie attack was during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944. They were more effectivly used in the Battle of Okinawa. Most Kamakazies were old planes (mostly dive-bombers) acompanied by regular bombers and an escort. Towards the end of the war the Japanese even used their own type of jets to fly into ships (though most were shot down while being carried to the drop point in the bomber). The Japanese even used suicide mini-subs but they only tried this once and three out of the four subs were destroyed by surface vessels or ran aground. The last one managed to sink one ship. For the upcoming invasion of Japan, the Japanese had at least 5,000 planes in reserve to be used as kamakazies.