On April 6, 1945, the first wave of ten coordinated kamikaze attacks began to hit ... The terrifying sight of Japanese pilots diving their planes into ships would become common over the next ...

TAKAYAMA, Gifu Prefecture--A former kamikaze pilot is sharing his story with a German audience for the first time 75 years after his suicide mission was unexpectedly called off in the closing days ...

“For sure, the wills left by individual kamikaze pilots were touching,” he said. “But we should also ask why Japan had to send young people on suicide missions in the first place to have a ...

They were the kamikaze, “the divine wind,” whose ... He sent his favourite pilots first to show that he had no favourites. “Every day, 365 days a year, whenever I remember those who died ...

As Japanese kamikaze planes targeted U.S. warships, Hellcat pilots took to the skies to intercept. Witness the intense combat and heroic actions that shaped one of WWII’s most dangerous days in ...

In this narrative poem, Beatrice Garland explores the testimony of the daughter of a kamikaze pilot. Unlike many of his comrades, this pilot turns back from his target and returns home.

The pilot remembers details of the games he played with his brothers, the colours and patterns of the fish and the taste of the sea salt. These vivid memories suggest what he is about to lose and ...