How is suicide bombing justified by a divine breeze?


The word for 'suicide bombing via crashing your plane into something'(which
most people will use in a broader sense that drops the plane from the
equation) as seen done by the Japanese during WWII is 神風, who's kanji
translates to 'Divine/God's wind'.

Could someone explain the etymology of this to me. What exactly does 'Divine
wind' refer to? How was it meant to help justify this suicide mission to the
men who did it? And is it connected to the State-Shinto they had at the time?




There were [two typhoons that saved
Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze_\(typhoon\)) from mongol
invasions under Kublai Khan in the 13th century, and were thus named "divine
wind" (神風). The pilots in WWII were supposed to be "divine wind", similar to
the typhoon, saving Japan from other invading enemies.




There were [two typhoons that saved
Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze_\(typhoon\)) from mongol
invasions under Kublai Khan in the 13th century, and were thus named "divine
wind" (神風). The pilots in WWII were supposed to be "divine wind", similar to
the typhoon, saving Japan from other invading enemies.

