Operation Kikusui
Operation Kikusui (菊水作戦 Kikusui sakusen) was a series of suicidal air attacks by Imperial Japanese forces during the Battle of Okinawa against Allied fleets in the waters around Okinawa, as part of Operation Ten-Go. The name of the operation, "Kikusui", comes from the hata-jirushi of the samurai Kusunoki Masashige.
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Operation Kikusui
Operation Kikusui (菊水作戦 Kikusui sakusen) was a series of suicidal air attacks by Imperial Japanese forces during the Battle of Okinawa against Allied fleets in the waters around Okinawa, as part of Operation Ten-Go. The name of the operation, "Kikusui", comes from the hata-jirushi of the samurai Kusunoki Masashige.
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Operation Kikusui (菊水作戦 Kikusu ...... he samurai Kusunoki Masashige.
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菊水作戦（きくすいさくせん）は、太平洋戦争末期、連合国軍の沖 ...... 戦艦大和の水上特攻が実施された（詳細は坊ノ岬沖海戦を参照）。
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菊水作戰（菊水作戦，きくすいさくせん）為日軍在沖繩島戰役期間，對沖繩海域的同盟國艦隊發動自殺性空中攻擊的作戰，是日軍天號作戰的一部份。作戰名「菊水」是以忠臣楠木正成的旗印而來。
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218 ships damaged
36 ships (destroyers and smaller) sunk
4,824 wounded
4,907 killed
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1945-04-06
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Allied victory
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1,827 kamikaze aircraft（often accompanied by other aircraft）
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US Navy aircraft carrier Enterprise struck by kamikaze aircraft
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Operation Kikusui (菊水作戦 Kikusu ...... he samurai Kusunoki Masashige.
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菊水作戦（きくすいさくせん）は、太平洋戦争末期、連合国軍の沖 ...... 戦艦大和の水上特攻が実施された（詳細は坊ノ岬沖海戦を参照）。
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菊水作戰（菊水作戦，きくすいさくせん）為日軍在沖繩島戰役期間，對沖繩海域的同盟國艦隊發動自殺性空中攻擊的作戰，是日軍天號作戰的一部份。作戰名「菊水」是以忠臣楠木正成的旗印而來。
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Operation Kikusui
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菊水作戦
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菊水作戰
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Operation Kikusui
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