It is also said that the event in which Kamikaze saved Japan led Japanese to widely believe in "Shinkoku Shiso" (the idea that Japan will never lose because it is a country protected by the gods), which became the grounds for the irrational idea held by the Japanese army and people at the end of the Pacific War, causing many tragedies, including Kamikaze Special Attack Units.
また、神風によって日本が救われたという出来事は「神国思想」（＝日本は神国なのだから負けるはずがないという考え）を日本人に広く浸透させ、それが太平洋戦争末期の日本軍や国民思想の非合理性の温床となり、神風特別攻撃隊をはじめ数々の悲劇を生んだとも言われている。