[Ads-l] Antedating of "Kamikaze"

[Shapiro, Fred]

kamikaze (OED 1945)



1944 _Nippon Times_ 31 Oct. 1/8 (Japan Times Archive)  The special Kamikaze Attack Corps attacked an enemy task force ... Units of the special Kamikaze Attack Corps, by crashing themselves against a group of American warships in Leyte Gulf, damaged one battleship, one crusier and one large transport at about 6 p.m. on Friday.



Fred Shapiro

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