Operation Kikusui

Operation Kikusui
	Part of the Battle of Okinawa, Pacific theater, World War II
	; US Navy aircraft carrier Enterprise struck by kamikaze aircraft
Date	6 April 1945 to 22 June 1945
Location	seas around Okinawa
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United States; United Kingdom	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Marc Mitscher	Matome Ugaki
Units involved
United States Pacific Fleet British Pacific Fleet	Imperial Japanese Navy Carrier Division 5; 1st Air Fleet; 5th Air Fleet; Imperial Japanese Army 6th Air Army 8th Flying Division; ;
Strength
	1,827 kamikaze aircraft (often accompanied by other aircraft）
Casualties and losses
Allied casualties attributed to Kikusui attacks and other sorties per Zaloga: 7,000+ sailors killed; 11 destroyers sunk; 6 other vessels sunk; 279 other vessels damaged; American casualties from kamikzae attacks (1944-1945) per Wolk and Hallion: 4,907 sailors killed; 4,824 sailors wounded; 218 ships damaged; 36 ships sunk; 763 carrier aircraft;	Casualties from Kikusui attacks and additional sorties: 3,860 aircrew killed; ~2,500 aircraft destroyed;

Operation Kikusui (菊水作戦, Kikusui sakusen) was a series of mass suicidal air attacks (kamikaze) by Imperial Japanese naval and army air forces during the Battle of Okinawa against Allied fleets in the waters around Okinawa.