Kamikaze (typhoon)

Kamikaze (typhoon)

The Kamikaze (神風, Japanese for divine wind), were two winds or storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan. These fleets attacked Japan in 1274 and again in 1281. Due to growth of Zen Buddhism among Samurai at the time, these were the first events where the typhoons were described as "divine wind" as much by their timing as by their force.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze (typhoon)
• Pages 210-211 - Weatherford, J., 2004, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World: Three Rivers Press, New York, 312p.