Kamikaze suicide bombers are perennially interesting, and this book explains where the idea came from.
After finally achieving what had eluded his grandfather Genghis Khan – the conquest of China – Mongol Emperor Khubilai Khan set his sights on Japan in 1281. He commanded an enormous, record-breaking naval armada, and his success seemed assured. The Japanese were vastly outnumbered, but with the power of a ‘divine wind’, the kamikaze, Khan’s entire armada was destroyed in one day ...
In Kamikaze, leading marine archaeologist James Delgado demystifies this legend using decades of painstaking research and underwater excavation. His theories on what really happened to Khan’s fleet will surprise you.