American Aces against the KamikazeThis illustrated history describes the clashes between the US and the hastily created Kamikaze units of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Air Forces, which were some of the last large scale aerial engagements of the Pacific War. The Japanese High Command realised that the loss of Okinawa would provide the Americans with a base for the invasion of Japan. In a desperate response, they unleashed the full force of the Special Attack Units, known in the