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Concentrating kamikaze forces could have raised Allied losses

A concentrated special-attack force with freedom to choose targets would have posed a greater threat than dispersed small raids.

Question

What if Japan had concentrated its kamikaze aircraft in one effort and given pilots freedom to select targets?

Short answer

It could have been considerably more dangerous and might have inflicted much heavier losses on Allied shipping.

Notes

Concentrating kamikaze aircraft and allowing pilots to choose their targets could have made the attacks considerably more dangerous. The expected consequence is substantially greater losses among Allied shipping. This is a counterfactual estimate of the effect of concentration and target choice, with no numerical loss forecast.