Crashing Into Ships For The Emperor; The Story of the Kamikaze
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SaiKaiAngel, "Japan History: Kusunoki Masashige", Japan Italy Bridge, Aug 23, 2019
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Mariko Oi, "How Japan's Youth See the Kamikaze Pilots of WW2", BBC, Nov 3, 2017
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Mariko Oi, "The Last Kamikazes, The Documentary" BBC, Nov 7, 2017
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Best God damn advertisement I have seen in some time.
“We used suicide tactics because ordinary tactics were suicide”
The entire war was suicide the minute they abandoned the Northern Expansion Doctrine
@@osedebame3522 it was suicide if they didn't abandoned the northern approach
@@osedebame3522 The Northern Expansion Doctrine was itself suicide.
Bk Jeong it was a gamble that, worst case scenario would have Japan fighting off amphibious landings with their massive Navy and force some sort of peace deal with the Soviets.
@@osedebame3522
True, there is no way the USSR is going to be able to invade Japan when the IJN was vastly superior to the Red Navy. But any expansion on the mainland was never a viable option.
Kamikaze instructor “ok pay attention because I’m only doing this once”
It took me a second to get it. Then it hit me...
EastOHFarming *badam tsssss*
@@OhioAgVideos are you a carrier?
I don’t know about y’all but I think he is a destroyer
More like a patrol boat tbh
Mitsubishi: Make an Impact
Lol
Noooo 😂
Literally
Lolololol
Based
American soldier: Hey! Where are your bullets?
Japanese pilot: *I am the bullet*
*Accelerates to 300 mph straight towards you*
Bombs, not bullets
CF eww mph
@@user-xq5og9lt8p well, yes you're right
And a big as bullet indeed
Japanese Pilot: Can we get a demonstration?
Japanese Instructor: Fine! But I’m only gonna do this once.
Gold
Copied from a Billy Connolly joke about "instructors" for suicide bombers....still funny tho...😁
@@Rammstein0963. this joke is so old,it was propably already made by kamikaze pilots during ww2....
@@Rammstein0963. so what if it is copied? That ruin your day? Make you hard to breathe? If this comment just trying to make someone's day just leave the comment alone or just make a good reply instead ruining it for everyone with "Stolen comment"
@@pekojam XD this comment made my day thank you for defending it
My great uncle was on the USS Sangamon, one of the carriers attacked on October 25th 1944
He actually landed on the wrong carrier that day, and they let him rest in the officer’s quarters. (He was the Lt. Cdr of VF-37) Shortly after he took off of that carrier, it got hit by a Kamikaze and the room he was resting in got vaporized.
Edit 2: a little more context to the story, his squadron were among the 400 planes from Taffy 1 that reinforced Taffy 3. He earned the Silver Star for his actions that day, strafing, and I quote, “a Japanese battleship” to draw fire away from torpedo bombers. It’s possible it was the Yamato because I remember him saying “it was the biggest damn ship I’d ever seen.”
Ah shit man that was a close one lucky for him
My great-great-uncle was the radioman on an Avenger aboard the Hornet. I'm not sure exactly when this happened, but he described a time when Hornet was attacked by kamikazes and his aircraft was on the deck readying up to launch. He watched a Japanese plane diving right for him, but flak hit the plane and it splashed into the ocean just in front of the carrier.
Good for your family. Sounds like a fun if worrying story
Nice to see that he was one of the heroes at Samar: the CVEs get way too little credit for the victory even though they did much more to win the battle than their (admittedly courageous) tin can escorts ever did. People actually think that the DDs and DEs managed to chase off Centre Force without remembering the massive American airpower (which, contrary to popular belief, wasn’t only armed with ground support or ASW weapons, but also with anti-ship weapons as well).
That sounds like one awesome great uncle
Fun fact: The last Kamikaze are kinda worshiped as heroes in Japan, especially in the far right nationalist parts. In the 60's a far right porn actor got so mad at a politician who was caught taking bibes from lockheed he flew a plane into his house to kill him. A surviving kamikaze instructor said "His motives were not as honorable as ours, as it was mostly a self serving act. However his technique was good and executed well. A fine kamikaze dive"
Kamikaze reviewers. I did not see that coming.
Didn't think those existed.
@@bloodstormwolf9512 in this world everything can exsist at some point.
This sounds intressting, got a source?
@@christofferthorsson7657 iirc there's wikipedia about this, i was read about japanese politic wiki when i stumble upon this. It's lockheed martin bribe scandal thing, he do kamikaze attack on underground market agent that help lockheed martin bribe japan airlines.
Edit: Lockheed hired underworld figure Yoshio Kodama as a consultant in order to influence Japanese parastatal airlines, including All Nippon Airways (ANA), to buy the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar instead of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.In March 1976, in a protest at the scandal, actor Mitsuyasu Maeno made a suicide attack on Kodama's Tokyo home by crashing a light aircraft onto it. Maeno died and two servants were injured. Kodama himself was unharmed.
Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals
"Tennoheika Banzai," roughly translated: *"I'm about to do what's called a pro-gamer move."*
Underrated comment
That phrase made me shit my pants when I played cod waw
@@RackHasAttacked I know. I died way more to banzai charges than anything else in the game.
@@bigiron7500 nades, so many nades
JackHas4.6MillionLegs hey nice PFP 😂
Sarah: "well I can see it now"
Oof my bro. Oof.
Sarah's an absolute savage.
I hope that's his gf/wife
*insert slowed down Oof sound effect here*
Is that MoHAA?
@@gary6576 I guess the best resolution MoHAA could do was 1024×768, and played on a 4k monitor without stretching...not all computers can fit properly. She may even need an emulator, since Windows 10 is NOT Windows 98 or XP and the compatibility wouldn't be there anymore.
I didn't think a video about Kamikaze would have a high quality ball shaving advert in it, but I also didn't think I'd like it. I think you deserve some kind of award for that
hey, never expect running into MDB comments in a history channel, love ur content though
Hey, potential history plug during the grinding section of your challenge videos when, mdb?
@@mikc3261 I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised I'd be on a history channel, considering how many Grand Strategy games i play on the channel and with how often I gush about my love of history
Thanks for the kind words about the content though!
I came to this video right after watching the Munchlax challenge! I love your content! Good luck with Eevee!
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re: the US Navy's AA capability:
That happened because, to quote one Drachinifel, the US Navy's approach to AA guns was "is there an empty space? Why isn't there an AA gun there?"
Also important to note that the USN's AA (as good as it was) was far from the main killer of Japanese aircraft (kamikazes or otherwise). That honour goes to the fighter pilots operating from carriers. Even at the peak of American AA, combat air patrols killed around twice as many Japanese aircraft as AA fire (to say nothing of turning back attacks)
Is this the naval equivalent to the "cult of the machinegun"
@@christofferthorsson7657 Kind of, though in this case it made far more sense (though its usefulness is still overrated in pop culture history)
@@christofferthorsson7657 Yes, but it may or may not have been the cult of the 40mm Bofors instead.
mmmhhh.... I see free space on that Bofor 40mm mount.
I don't want to.
4:01
Nearly every Kamikaze pilot actually brought wot him a full tank of fuel, not only for more “ammunition”, but also because a not insignificant amount of kamikaze pilots (like any other pilot) would encounter some kind of technical problem or simply lose track of their target, and given Japan’s chronic shortage of both pilots and good pilots, it was useful to be able to “reuse” aircraft/pilots that were unable to actually take part in an attack
Do excuse me, but, if I may, perhaps you have a source?
@@yousuck785why even without a source this makes too much sense to be not true tho
@@chechenfeels yes, you're right. It does. Thank you!
Exactly! Kamikaze pilots not having enough fuel to return is just a ww2 myth.
@@yousuck785why medium.com/history-of-yesterday/what-happened-when-a-kamikaze-pilot-returned-627f3d75c956
There are documentaries with surviving kamikaze pilots (some never took of on their final flight and some returned a few times or once due to mechanical problems or problems locating the enemy) there are even pilots that tempered with their planes before taking off so they had to return mid flight. Even if they were to return at the last moment they still had plenty of fuel to make it back.
"How do Kamikaze squadrons have Aces?"
- Bokeon1
"M-m-m-m-m-m-multi Kill!!!"
#InstantAce
*They survive 1 battle*
Shigematsu Sakaibara’s last words before his execution for war crimes: “I believe my trial was unfair and sentence too harsh, but I obey with pleasure”
It's only become warcrime, *when you are on the losing side.* ;)
@@mammothmk3355 *laughs in American, British and Russian warcrimes*
@@mammothmk3355 no its still a war crime its just what side will enact punnishment after the war.
Ah the beauty of the criminal mind "its only criminal when nobody bats an eye".
No one heard that the last statement he made was “I need to manscape before I die. I must leave this world with no pubes.”
As a Japanese American, I can genuinely say that Kamikazes pilots knew very well that the tactic was incredibly retarded. The thing is that it didn't matter.
From what my Japanese great grandmother and grandmother have told me, who lived through the Tokyo Firebombings, this is the best way I can explain it. Though plz take it with a grain of salt.
Japan is an extremely collectivist nation. When growing up, there is no "I", there is only "my family", there is no "we" there is only "our nation". Last names come first, first names come last. Respect/ honor for the people who have raised you comes highest of all due to families functioning like multigenerational guilds. The honor, awards, and achievements of the hundreds of generations who have come before you is resting completely on your shoulders. Because of this, you don't control your life; your parents control your life. They tell you who you're going to marry, what school you will attend, and what your career will be. You are also expected to be extremely self-sufficient with as little help from your parents as possible. There is no questioning of why you are doing something. You only do it and do it well. If not then you would be considered a failure and potentially disowned.
Japan truly was still functioning like a feudal society with modern guns. Instead of a local knight or lords, you have a literal descendent of the sun god himself on a thrown down the street from where you live. A man whose legitimacy is so supreme that his lineage has not been broken for 1000 years straight, with half of that in a constant state of civil war. This guy does not give public addresses, hardly speaks, and basically shows no emotion for his entire life. There are no pictures of any Emperor smiling before the end of WW2.
He is responsible for the food on your table, the education that you receive, and almost all the successes in your life.
So... When you are asked to be a special air volunteer to bring great honor to your family and to potentially "turn the tide of the war" with extreme peer pressure to say yes, there really was no other option. You will die for your country and that is final.
Incredible Insight .. A follow up on how modern west influenced japanese youth perceive their anchestors's attitude
Extremely Underrated Comment.
Sounds a lot more socially functional than Japan is now.
Similar to how communists think
There's always an option.
Too cowardly/stupid to protect their nation from Daddy Hirahito.....
THE EMPEROR PROTECTS
wait, wrong Emperor
No he is the only emperor
FOR THE EMPEROR?! Wait! Which one?
He is a heretical one for he does not use enough gold
Death to the False Emperor!
In a not heretical way.
Only in death does duty end.
“Fly me closer so I can hit them with my sword” - a Japanese officer probably
FOR THE EMPEROR!
@stratigangames508 that is factual since they did have an emperor
“Dive bombing” lost some of its meaning during translation from German to Japanese, creating the missiley bois
The last page detailing going up again went missing.
Japanese generals be like: "What do you mean you are supposed to pull up when dive bombing ??"
BOSs 13 “Pull up, Pull up” ‘I cant jackass hes in the way’
@@YoungOddo my man!
Japanese families be like:
“T-t-t”
“Oh, honey he’s saying his first words!”
“T-t-TENNO HEIKA, BANZAAAAIIIIII!!”
Take your damn like! Legit made me laugh so hard I almost dropped my phone xD
Banzaaaaiiiiii
BANZAI!!!!
Oh no
*baby explodes
US: so how many bombs are you going to use?
Kamikazes: yes.
"One"
"A 73% loss rate for a 4.1% hit probability"
USSR: Gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers.
*Cries in Rhzev salient*
@@osedebame3522 laughs in Bagaration
These comments are so beautiful
@@luissanchez723 blyatiful and slavpilled
Kill ratio on the eastern front was 1 to 1.3 but ok
Also, it's easy to rack up your kills by ethnically cleansing defenceless civillians in millions, don't you think?
That sponsor announcement was pretty ballsy Potential History
...but seriously that was pretty balsy
Another way the Kamakaze's ran into trouble was against British Aircraft Carriers as they had armoured flight decks, meaning planes instead of prenertrating the hanger would simple bounce along the deck.
Ehhhm, they would still do a lot of damage, just all to the exterior.
Also, most of the carriers sunk were escort carriers, or in other words, light carriers. The proper fleet carriers, like the Essex class, stood up a lot better, mostly because they had the displacement for quite some armor underneath the flight deck.
@@larsdejong7396 Well it meant that UK carriers would still be partially usable and in one similar case, the British Carrier was fully operational in a few days, the American ship took 6 months of repair before it could make it's way back to the front lines.
@@Alex-cw3rz I'll have to look into that. It's my understanding that part of the purpose of *not* having an armored flight deck was that the wooden decks were much easier to repair. For instance, in the Battle of Midway, damage control famously repaired the USS Yorktown so quickly between Japanese strikes that the enemy pilots thought they were attacking a different carrier and struck it again.
@@jeffbenton6183 not sure who you've heard that off, but the wood deck was traditional and there was steel underneath it, meaning that their was no difference being wood on top. The reason both American and Japanese carriers were not armoured, is because they fought in the Pacific, where the aircraft carriers are bascially the only/main airforce in the area and the aim is to sink the enemy before they sink you, therefore you want as many airframes as possible, no armour increases internal space. On the other hand the Royal Navy would be fighting in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, where the enemy's "aircraft carriers" are literal countries, you cannot destroy them and land based aircraft can carry heavier munitions and they have 1,000s of aircraft. You need to be able to survive enemy strikes, because even if you successfully hit them, you haven't sunk Italy and they still have a few hundred air assets available. So you need armour to take the bombs, which will be heavier than munitions faced from aircraft carriers.
The Japanese didn't think they were fighting a different carrier due to repairs (which on top was nothing to do with it having a wooden deck over steel), it was because the Japanese believed it had been sunk and that would mean it has to be a different ship.
@@jeffbenton6183 It's funny to think about because that reasoning makes sense, but when I hear "wooden deck on a ship designed to be used in war" my very first thought is "wood is cheaper than metal, but unlike metal, *wood burns* "
Today is going to be a great day since Potential History uploaded
No.
Justin Dalton yes
An Imperial fist and Iron warrior fighting over whether or not the former can take the later seriously.
@@forickgrimaldus8301 No. There is a clear winner, I just know that I am talking to a proverbial brick wall.
@@justindalton8701 oh i thought you were building one
As Larry David says "how can you be a Kamikaze pilot if you are still alive?"
"He just skimmed the ship"
*woops* I accidently just landed on the carrier.
Last time I was this early to a Potential History video, people thought Russia would crush the japanese.
But they actually crushed the Japanese in nearly every single battle
Sentient Blob I think it’s about the Russo-Japanese war
Sentient Blob- 1904 war m’lord
Gabriel Remot Oh that makes more sense
@@Sentient_Blob Russo-Japanese War.
Pilot instructor : so that’s how you fly the plane
Me : cool but how do I land
Pilot instructor : *good question*
*good question that we dont ask it here*
See that ship? Land in the flight Deck.
You mean on? Right?
....
Right??..
That's the best part. You don't.
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I don't mind manscaped. They sponsored some rocket league youtubers too and organized a huge tournament for charity. Honestly rather have ads for a reputable enterprise that sells quality products and actively engages communities than a shady ass mobile game that forces youtubers to say that the game is good and that the footage shown of the game is 100% real
At least it’s not a dogshit gacha game that is absolutely zero fun
Lets taker easy chaps, I was just making a joke about how I see them everywhere, much like
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It should be mentioned that Bushido was also reemphasized under the militarist regime of Japan in the same way Prussian military ideals were reemphasized in Germany. It's not just that these old ideas existed, but the government made it their policy to evangelize them for the purpose of creating zealous soldiers.
I've been doing too much 40k shit and so I was confused at first.
@Anirban Chakrabarti yes
To be fair a lot of 40k is inspired by history and alot of moments in the fiction if read without context sound like a kamakazi attack.
@Anirban Chakrabarti Praise be to the God-Emperor of Mankind!
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE.
KHORNE, RISE!
@@rebelgaming1.5.14 yes Inquisitor, this heretical reply right here my Lord.
It’s also a narrative.
“Omg why would someone fight to the death and never surrender it’s hopeless don’t they know that??”
Also then: “Remember the Alamo!!”
I think every culture has its fight to the last stand at some point in history
The difference is The Alamo was fucked and then they were massacred, then used later as propaganda during a war that they could actually win. Japan and Germany were sacrificing their entire population for literally no reason other than pride after a certain point.
@@Horatio787 to be fair, the Mexican army was steamrolling texas until Santa Ana completely fucked up at San Jacinto
TheHoratiosvetlana and that point is much earlier than people think really, things were falling apart from the beginning the whole war was a meat grinder
@@grief6052 The more I learn about WW2 the more I realize it was just the lunatics running the war machine asylum. The Cold War was at least two ideologies clashing between two opponents who had fairly equal odds. I shudder to think what a nuclear standoff with Nazi Germany or Japan would've been like.
"well i can see it now" thats a whole lot of damage.
The Japanese would never even attempt to kamikaze a Bob Semple.
Who would even dare?
One can imagine the consequences of attempting to use such tactics against such a behemoth.
A Japanese airplane launches itself against a Bob Semple, the tank, however, doesn't open fire. The impact creates a mass of fire, smoke and debris, and unharmed emerges the Bob Semple. It then starts to fire wildly into the sky, daring the other planes to attack it.
But it’s the only tactic that may work
@@jensjensen9035 MAY WORK? ONLY IF YOU DROP A TSAR BOMBA ON IT AND EVEN THAT *MIGTH* BARELY SCRATCH THE MIGTHY BOB SEMPLE!
simple. the bob semple hovers from the ground, and kamikazes the plane that was supposed to kamikaze it. unreal tech.
"When you surround an army, leave an outlet free.
Do not press a desperate foe too hard."
- Sun Tzu, Art of War, Maneuvering
Always let them think they have an escape route
What about Stalingrad?
@@xxfrosty609xx3 in what regard? The Germans believed, incorrectly, that they could still break out the encirclement. The quote above isn’t really about actually being able to escape but believing that you can.
@@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger oh ok I misunderstood that
Oh no
Military history visualised made a really good video about the Japanese suicide planes.(special attack units)
Yea I think it is the same source they used. Sound so similar
First, as a Japanese viewer who views your channel, I thank you for making this video and talking about the Kamikaze`s I think, for the most part, You`ve done an excellent job in explaining the situation, even the society factor.
At the same time though, I also would like to tell my opinion, not just from a Japanese perspective but as a person who is descendant from a Bushi family and who is also American ^^" (personally to me, the war itself feels like self inflicted stupidity, having family on both sides in most fronts really hurts. )
The one thing I always have trouble with the Kamikaze is how they say, this is Bushido, the spirit of the warrior. which is something, from what I was told from my great grand father, who they were thought by their great granfather and ect ect, said that it was not.
The thing about Bushidoism is that its not a unified concept, and I think most people dont know that, not even the Japanese themselves, Japanese Samurai`s had more of a Clan honor system, where each clans had their own believes, their own view of honor and how they lived by them. basically it never was unified.
Only after the Meiji restoration, and Japan wanting to unify its country in a new way and have this identity as Japanese, did this unified Bushido idea came to be.
To which a lot of it is broad, such as 文武両道 or 七つの徳. The reason why I mention these is context, that most modern day views on Bushido is not wrong but not right either.
And I think the Kamikaze were a result of this brad, not wrong, not right understanding of Bushidoism. It was propaganda for the war effort, that this is how we, as the Japanese live and die.
But real Bushi`s would never do that. They are skilled, cool minded and never get drunk by the romance of the warrior, they had the responsibility of young men under their soldiers.
I just wanted to let you know that, as a person who was thought by relatives who learned under their relatives for generations, they all told me that the Kamikaze was anything but Bushido. I`ll stop here since the comment is so long and I hope you read this Johnny, you are a man who really tries to bring, truth, reality and also objective facts into the light, I respect that. thank you for reading.
Thank you for sharing this information, it's a shame that this comment is being buried by hundred of "haha kamikaze go brr" jokes that I am seeing a lot of in the comment section, as this comment truly brings some insight on a really tragic point in Japanese history.
Very insightful information. Thank you very much for that.
There was a great deal of Romanticism, after the three great unifiers the warriors had less and less of a place in society and tried to glorify the past and their place in it. Poetry and plays about honour and sacrifice became popular and intellectual movements around the place of the emperor and the truth of history would set down roots for later, there was incredible romanticism and it shaped the restoration as much as it was shaped by it. Without it maybe the military would have been true to their duty and not acted without the express permission of the emperor, instead they ran around with heads full of nonsense and justifications for everything.
Thank you for this insight. Hope you’re doing well.
When my grandfather was stationed in Japan during the Korean War he stayed in Kamikaze barracks. He described them as, "Alright."
Pilot: Sir I’ve run out of ammo!
Officer: You’ve got fuel right?
Pilot: Yes sir but I don’t know h-
Officer: Ram the ship.
Officer: and do it like a Jackass
@H sorry it's just I having fun doing this because they are so suicidal.
@H ok you high and pride Japanese man wow you people get really angry when someone makes fun of you ancestors and your lost war
@@darknova1552 don't tell him about Nanjing
@@communistpotato3204 what about Nanjing
It's important to remember the coercion also included their families and how they would be affected by him declining the "honor" of being a kamikaze pilot.
Me and the boys going to sink the US Carrier with our planes in the name Emperor Hirohito.
ME AND THE -BOYS AND GIRLS- COMRADES RAMMING OUR SHIP INTO A TYRANID HIVE SHIP IN THE 41ST MILLENIUM FOR THE EMPEROR
ComradeKenobi ME AND THE BOYS RAMMING THE EMPEROR-CLASS BATTLESHIP INTO THE TYRANID HIVE MIND IN THE BATTLE OF ULTRAMAR ALL FOR THE GOD EMPEROR OF MANKIND
@@thekebab1655 *ME AND THE BOYS CRASHING OUR BATTLE BARGE INTO A NECRON TOMB SHIP TO DESTROY IT FROM WITHIN SACRIFICING 772 BROTHERS TO ACHIEVE VICTORY FOR THE EMPEROR AND SAFEGUARD THE IMPERIUM FROM A GREAT THREAT*
I feel like this might be a reference to...something...
@@left-2-write28 yeah it’s a reference to Warhammer Age of Sigmar
Kusanogi can pat himself on the back, he inspired a new generation to fail their emperor all over again.
"i can see it now" oof
Have the TENNO HEIKA BANZAI spam started yet?
Yes. Hide.
"Tennōheika Banzai" 2 words lol
@@sinisterisrandom8537 Looks like we found em
@@sinisterisrandom8537 Ten O Gei Ka Djan Gaii !!!!
@@sinisterisrandom8537 Japanese doesn't have spaces desu. 天皇陛下万歳！！
This just makes me want to play the "Black Cats" mission in WAW
Bryan Estrada my man a very good Mission
TAKE OUT THOSE FUCKIN' PT BOATS!!!!
Anyone wanna back out??
Didn't think so
USA *Holding nuke* : Japanakin don’t do it!
Japan: You underestimate my bushido traditions.
*Jumps*
USA: *Throws nuke*
1:32 never have I ever been offended by something I a hundred percent agree with
2:06 Sara is a SAVAGE!
is she his girlfriend or sister?
@@melihism why is everyone saying shes his sister?? I mean, I get the meme, haha, but like...its obviously shes his step sister! Dont be gross y'all. Lmao.
God, I'm wasting my life arent i?
Huh, I always thought she was your sister....please don't tell me she's your sister after that ad...
*alabama intensifies*
*Sweat home Alabama*
She's his gal
@@EthanDyTioco Oh thank god
@chico oh thank god
Kamikaze instructor: right everyone, pay attention cause I’m only doing this once
"Only fuel for one way trips"
Really? A lot of times they came back, often because they could not find a target. A LOT of times, one pilot came back 7 times if I remember correctly.
Also because of technical problems with the plane, but I guess you wouldn't need the full fuel amount for that, but you would if you didn't find any targets.
Source: did my japanstudies bachelor degree on the special attack corps.
“I can show you a before and after”
“Sarah Sarah!”
TENNO HEIKA BANZAI
This gave me rising storm PTSD
This is why I get nervous everytime I walk near long grass...
Crashing Into Ships (with the lads) For The Emperor
I cannot even begin to imagine how it would feel to be a kamikaze pilot and go for that final dive at a ship and then miss, the feelings one would have in that final split second before you crash into the sea at high speed would probably be pretty intense.
i got obsessed with this topic a couple years ago and i remember reading that japan does have like real journals from kamikaze pilots and that these journals (some of them at least) ended up getting published years later and i really wish some english publishing house would pick them up for translation. an incredibly depressing part of the war in the pacific that we still don't really understand.
To understand how Japans philosopy of 'samurai honor' got so twisted and became so inhuman I would suggest Mark Feltons audio episode 'WW2 Japanese Military Brutality Explained'. The level of philosophical gymnastics is very well explained there.
"Duty is heavier than a mountain; death is lighter than a feather."
I do feel like the cultural and religious factors at play are often overlooked or watered down when discussing Japanese history leading to World War Two. Great work.
The term “Dive Bomber” just got a whole new meaning
Fun fact:if a kamikaze happened to return from his mission (because he couldn't approach the target or because he really didn't want to die) he wouldn't be executed,in most cases he wouldn't even be punished,it would've been like:"Don't worry,you'll be lucky next time."
This was because Japan was running out of pilots and executing them because they were afraid of death was counterproducing (exept for the pilot that returned from his mission 7 times,I guess that day the commander was in a bad mood and was like:"Fine,I'll do it myself.").
If you want more informations check out "What if a kamikaze returned from his mission" by History Matters.
Hey bud, just wanted to say that the opening to this video is awesome. If you're trying a more serious approach to your videos, it's great. Content creators like yourself are why CZcams should exist. You're precious, and I love you.
The title sounds very warhammery and i like it
I wasn't expecting another video for quite a while so this has made my day
Excellent video, thank you.
PH: I'd like two things - a return to the Unicum Historical Guides, and Meme-Tanks-style content for planes.
3:46 What happens in WoWS when my T8 CV gets stuck in a T10 matchmaking line up
Great video as always!
LOVE THE STATISTICS MAN! Hope to see more numbers in videos to come!
USA: no you can't just sacrifice yourself to to blow up our ships!
Japan: hahaha plane go nyooooooom
Me: wow I didn't realize that Japan can like a bunch of jackasses in battle
"Tennoheika Banzai!!!" Is the 1940s version of "Leeroy Jenkins!!!"
Holy shit, that makes so much sense.
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Great video my dude
I would recommend “Wings of Defeat” (2007) documentary if anyone wish to study a bit further into the whole kamikaze thing from the perspective of the surviving pilots. They actually interviewed people who survived the operation (due to their run being failed or the war ceased before they finished their training).
Thanks for the recommendation. The episode of History Channel's "Dogfights" which covered a few Kamikaze attacks also interviewed surviving Japanese special attack pilots (to discuss their training) - though there was a focus on a handful of missions where the only people who survived to be interviewed were Americans.
Oh my god TIK and Potential History uploaded in the same day, The Emperor has truly blessed our mortal souls
Who’s tik
I press the like on petty much every PH vid cause its almost garanteed to be a treat. you should too.
Amazing video. Excellent to watch
Benzai!
Banzai!
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Another great video as always Jonny boy
Potential history: makes a video about kamikaze.
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6:58 there were no savings in fuel, as you wouldn't just fill a plane half the way and then hope they would actually find and hit someone with no way to return to home base. This makes sense as ressources, planes and pilots were precious. I am sure tho, that you made your research and if there are sources, that say otherwise let me know. Great video
Great job buddy!
Man that was a great video!!
I wonder what has been the reaction nowadays from officials in Japan about the Kamikaze. Or lack of reaction because of how Japan treats it's WW2 history.
Let me guess because of lying to everyone and their own people and that's just sad.
Probably apathetic "Oh, I see" and sending diluted version up the chain of command until Kamikaze attack becomes "pilot accidentally crashes into enemy ship"
I don't like how people treat Japan as if it complete ignores its warcrimes, schools like those do exist but the majority of Japan schools rejected the LDP's attempts to change the History books of the Japanese curriculum.
Most Japanese natives I know, recognise them as a part of history they should not repeat.
@@verniy4087 because Japan always plays the lying card and its disgusting
@@verniy4087 And they do it in a good way so that they don't fuck up their descendants by constantly guilt-tripping them and making them feel ashamed of their own culture after 3 generations like Germany did. However Japan does it, it's still better for the integrity of a nation than German approach.
The Japanese really took the word "bombing" out of "dive bombing"
That Ad was hilarious, Sarah has fantastic comedic delivery
Finally another video!
Acctually, they had enough fuell to return, because they sometimes did and if not it was extra explosive-stuff
Still waiting for the history behind the GuP Anzio movie
I love potential history because he gives in-depth views on a certain topic
Potential History is honestly the best history youtuber, his style is one of the best.
if you want to see the japanese point of view of all this, watch "The Eternal Zero", told from the perspective of a flight instructor that have to send his students to die. as a teacher myself this is a very emotional film.
@menckencynic im not japanese but i empathize with their feeling of completely helplessness in the war. they never stood a chance yet they went anyway
When doing somewhat data-heavy segments, it would probably be a good idea to also show the numbers you're talking about on screen, especially when there is a comparison being made.
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1:30 damn getting deep here
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