Kamikaze attacks:

Kamikaze means "divine wind" in Japanese, and refers to suicide bombing runs made by Japanese pilots toward the end of the war. These attacks signified the last line of defense for the Japanese. Kamikaze pilots would take old warplanes and load them with explosives, and fly their planes directly into the hulls of American ships. Roughly 40 ships were sunk in this manner.

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