Interviews with Kamikaze Pilots (Rare Footage)

[@zhencongng8064]

They were all brave men. It's very interesting to hear their testimonials. It is sad many young boys and girls like them did not get to enjoy their lives or have their story heard.

[@noahsagutch8314]

In WW2 anyone who was not Japanese was not human to Japanese

[@lafabl6503]

It was just boys because women were too important to sacrifice to the Japanese I believe

[@andrewcross8244]

Brave?! Are you kidding me?! Crashing planes into OUR ships like cowards was BRAVE?! May All of them burn in hell

[@grumblekin]

There were no female kamikaze.

[@Pierre-so7xu]

@@grumblekin he’s talking about girls who want to learn more about kamikaze pilots

[@mkms685]

The last old man just nailed it. We don't need to pity and glorify those pilots who have died. We should remember them instead. For they're just another soldier who's duty was to defend their country.

[@Rickandmorty_com]

And raping korean women was part of defending japan.. Lol

[@kingpiye7060]

Its not their fault but defend their country my ass imperial japan is one of the slimiest countries other than Nazi germany no one in south east asia would appreciate it.

[@LisaAnn777]

It says theres two replies but they don't show, Why are there so many comments being hidden? Interesting, something KZbin doesn't want people to see?

[@stevekaiser8416]

Great stuff. Always love the pilot interviews. So poignant and informative. 👍

[@hoboite1]

Been a long time.... glad to see you again!! Great video. What soaring hearts, these warriors!! God bless.

[@nicktozie6685]

Who ever put this up, thank you. This is important history and should not be forgotten

[@maxhydekyle2425]

I can't imagine going into a mission knowing you're going to die three times.

[@minerran]

I agree with this pilot about the admiral who cared more about his pilots than himself. This is the finest type of military officer and very rare indeed! As the pilot said, the men will do anything for such an officer. This is true leadership!

[@Jejdjejbfjf]

Anyone notice the conflicting testimonies? The last guy says it was voluntary but the previous one says they were forced to do it. Also the first guy speaks of an admirable military leader while another describes his commander as "stupid".

[@ivan5595]

Different units and different standards, remember that Japan, had many different suicidal units and IJA and IJN had their own special attack units. Furthermore, by that time of the war, Japan was being bombed daily and as a result, I doubt they had time to standardize units and recruitment procedures. By 1945, what was voluntary became conscription instead, everyone were expected to fight when allies landed.

[@blem_ganggeng]

The different factions inside the Imperial japanese military doesn't help either

[@dustypluskrat7423]

Kamikaze selection varied in late war japan. The propaganda arm of imperial japan glorified the kamikaze pilots and drummed up national hysteria about the martyrs who would die to save japan. Telling stories of soon to be heroes volunteering gleefully and the bombastic ceremonies being staged and filmed. In reality Kamikaze pilots were most of the time press ganged from conscription lists, flight school attendees, and guilt tripped into becoming a Kamikaze pilot. For the duration of their training they would be emotionally tortured with the goal of dying being drilled into their heads constantly. Their only salvation being the day they get into their plan for one last time, often with no ceremony and instructed and where to head to meet American ships.

[@muhammadrizwanayub9857]

Your life is more important than me for this War/mission.......Good Officer....salute him

[@proper9095]

They more important because they are meat shields

[@muhammadrizwanayub9857]

@@proper9095 yeah

[@proper9095]

@@muhammadrizwanayub9857 not really something inspirational tbh

[@muhammadrizwanayub9857]

@@proper9095 Yeah 🧐🤔....you also right dear!

[@jackspeight273]

Mahler 9th symphony in the background. Beautiful touch

[@aldyhabibie9717]

1:43 Just who is this Colonel Sasaki? He sounds like a very stand up guy and actually shows good result to prove his point further.

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

Germans did the same thing with reinforced planes for higher pilot survivability when ramming Allied bomber formations. Any info if the Japanese put any effort into strategically and efficiently ramming bombers?

[@-juno-takaleon3830]

Yes, they did actually! Very similar to the German Sonderkommando Elbe, the Japanese 震天制空隊 "Shinten" Seikuu-tai (Translated: "The Heaven-Shakers" Air Superiority Squadron) was an Imperial Japanese Army air unit formed with the sole objective of ramming American B-29s that were bombing the Japanese mainland. The planes were lightened to the limit (including armament) to improve climbing ability so they could effectively intercept and take down the B-29s. Unlike kamikaze units targeting naval vessels, members of the Shinten Seiku-tai were expected (or hoped) to survive the collision and continue fighting. In fact, two pilot who were members are known to have rammed B-29s twice and survive the ordeal!

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

-Juno- TakaLeon Ah, thanks a lot. It's quite confusing from a modern standpoint, when the Japanese soldiers were expected to die in battle and when they were supposed to come back alive.

[@ivan5595]

Pretty much a lot of planes were used for ramming attack, and especially known is the Ki-45 and Ki-61 which had special attack units using them.

[@lemonstrangler]

@@-juno-takaleon3830 i think the germans influenced the japanese in some way. or is it the other way around

[@MarkJoseph-vv4pj]

VVS (Red Air Force) did the same in 1941-1942 out of desperation.

[@principalityofbelka6310]

Who is this man named Colonel Sasaki?

[@-juno-takaleon3830]

Just did some research and found out! His full name was Tomotsugu Sasaki. He was a 21-year old Japanese Army pilot. Because of his exceptional flying skills, he was chosen to be a member of the Banda-Tai kamikaze squadron. Despite other members of his group dying one after another in suicide attacks, he alone refused to commit to kamikaze. Every mission, he would take off in his Ki-48 (Type-99) twin-engine bomber, find an enemy fleet, do a traditional dive-bombing attack, then return to base alive. Apparently he did this over 7 times despite orders and risk of court-martial! "I don't think you have to die. I will fly again and again and until I die, I will hit my targets." - Tomotsugu Sasaki Of course, the army upper brass did not like this. Sasaki had claimed he was of more use to the nation coming back alive and living to fight another day for his country, but to the higher ups who had ordered him to die, this was a clear act of defiance. They pressured him before every mission to kamikaze and make sure to never come back. They yelled at him, threatened him, and shamed him. Finally, one day he never returned. He was reported KIA and was posthumously promoted and given the Bukosho; the Japanese equivalent of the Medal of Honor. But it turns out, he had survived! His plane was damaged during a bombing run and he crash-landed on Luzon island. There he evaded Allied forces and survived until Japan's surrender by living in the jungle. As of 2015, he was still alive. He has lost most of his vision and was bed-ridden, but lived long enough for a Japanese TV program to learn about his story and make a documentary out of him. Unfortunately he passed away later that year...but I plan to translate the documentary soon!

[@principalityofbelka6310]

@@-juno-takaleon3830 What an amazing story! I look forward to the translated documentary.

[@mladtheimpaler]

@@principalityofbelka6310 as do I!

[@indowestlife]

@@-juno-takaleon3830ANY UPDATES?

[@zhencongng8064]

@@-juno-takaleon3830 Cliffhangerrr

[@fatleash4848]

Kamikaze Instructor: Listen up soldiers, I am only going to be showing you this once.

[@greenlightxbpg]

lol

[@lemonstrangler]

" wait i didnt see it... you there?"

[@mikeynorcross3222]

I could only imagine... During incoming A bunch of samurais standing around arguing who goes into the bomb shelter first

[@yuki.mfherz]

respect

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

A very interesting video

[@alansosa5357]

I wonder which year this video is.

[@misfit7024]

What if their officer died but they lived? Would they be called a ronin?

[@sidv4615]

2:35 yeah in water.

[@HennieDepruis]

Un respectful prick

[@74p01]

Shut up before the glory

[@troyfaz7383]

I love how it says (rare footage) like no shit lmao it's not like they survived

[@birdzzzondayflu2489]

3:43

[@jcnruad5810]

So sorry to said this, but even on the other video, at the american navy perspective, they said "What kind of idiot gave their lives at the hail of our anti air bullet?" On the other hand, at the Japanese side, almost all against this idea (suicide attacks).

[@AndroidFerret]

Insane what people do for their government

[@lemonstrangler]

was a different time back then when countries were more secluded from each other. the feeling of other countries as enemies were strong

[@demaistre2458]

Or for your people and nation? Stop seeing everything from a negative start

[@Sumi_Yoshi33]

神風での生き残りは逃げた人々が多い。仲間はみな家族のためと思って命を落としているのに自分は生き残っている恥ずかしさ。それがあるから上層部のせいにする。

[@kento1207_ky]

正直、逃げた人々よりこんなコメントを残すあなたの方が恥ずかしいです

[@edshelleymusic7981]

What year?

[@hello-rq8kf]

mahler 5 adiagetto in the background is a strange but welcome touch

[@ralphmelvin1046]

Very brave Japanese pilots

[@NygmaNL]

That’s like saying the pilots who flew the planes into the twin towers were brave…

[@ralphmelvin1046]

@@NygmaNL no it's not the same scenario.. these are Japanese pilots fighting to defend their countries against the horror of invasion

[@sowhatitsjustme]

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[@shirleywong9428]

🎉amen to Jesus

[@lemonstrangler]

the ones that volunteered think they are brave, but suicide attacks seem cowardly as well, like they are so desperate they gone bonkers

[@shirleywong9428]

Culture sometimes equals stupidity

[@greennin]

I don't agree with the last guy. It may be your duty to defend, but this can't be asked of anyone: Using the most gruesome methods never leads anywhere good, kamikaze doesn't solve any issues or save any countries. What did Japan get for it and for the other horrendous over the top things they did in the war? -> Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What did the terrorists get for 9/11? They thought they were fighting for their people maybe too. They got many years of war (in the wrong countries no less), 1000s of innocents killed again, plundered for oil and so on. An eye for an eye doesn't work, upping the ante doesn't work, the only thing it will lead to is the end of the world. We know this from the past, it's just a question if we will ever learn. That being said I'm happy to see these old men tell their great stories. The second guy was actually quite funny

[@hello-rq8kf]

idiot we bombed hiroshima and nagasaski exactly because we were afraid of kamikazes, because we knew that otherwise the japanese would send far more soldiers to their death otherwise. so the kamikaze mentality saved lives

[@iamletomas]

Cant kamikaze pilots just fly their plane to something and jump off with a parachute?

[@askamikaze3936]

Not really, no. There was a lot of things happening when flying straight into the enemy ships. Such as: -Anti Air fire - Distance between you and the ship is rapidly decreasing -Time to open the parachute is getting very low and the sheer speed of your body will probably cause you to die even if you open it after impacting the ground - Hit probability decreases after leaving the plane as it will change course when the controls are not being operated and the airflow will cause the plane to deviate - Getting captured after landing safely in the water or straight up lit up and killed by ships crew due to previous encounters with Japanese pilots whom tried to blow them selfs up after getting them on board. Survival was close to 0% it really wouldnt make a diffrence between you jumping out or you just ramming the target.

[@iamletomas]

@@askamikaze3936 well they wont need a parachute if the target is on water

[@askamikaze3936]

​@@iamletomas They will need it. There is no point in jumping out if you're going to die anyway either it be crashing into the ship, AA fire or plumeting into the water after jumping out and wasting the plane.

[@kaito1213]

They can but they would they have honor

[@lemonstrangler]

better yet, why coudnt they just rely on lauching missiles and explosives and bombing? suicide pilots just seem so less effective

[@yourlover662]

If Kamikaze is still a thing in Japan rn Official: You all are to die for the honor of our country! *Kamikaze lives* Official: Fucking die, Instead of having You on our arsenal again, We're gonna have new people recruited and die again! *Tons of kamikaze dies every time* Official: Okay,prepare another recruits for the war....Oh I remember that I'm the only one left in Japan.

[@christopherpoucher483]

The last man was right

[@robertmcmanus636]

This is interesting. However, one would think that the simple matter of tracking cold be addressed before publishing something with such low quality video.

[@roadrunner-ys5wd]

They all bottled it

[@User_1_-]

to them if compared we are not men but noobs like real

[@cashewsinc.5647]

Omg Gustavo fringe

[@WilliamKalagayan]

o

[@dae1925]

Is this Levi Ackerman?

[@flcon5443]

so funny 😐😐

[@drawkingnikhil0818]

Animetards thinking Japan is anime itself 🤡🤡🤡

[@mickdunn8423]

More IJN veteran IJN Pilot interview!kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqnEm5KDhpeGrNk

[@xylem2202]

"It was just my duty as a soldier to defend my country." Well, you weren't defending anything good that's for sure.

[@shirleywong9428]

Defending the innocent I would say

[@震天制空隊]

Kamikaze is the cry of the Japanese soul. It is a tactic that could not be imitated anywhere in the military in the world. Foreigners will probably not be able to understand this peculiar tactic of the Japanese. Bushido, samurai, wabi-sabi, mono-pathy, and the philosophies behind these emotions, it seems that foreigners will never be able to understand Japan. ■■■翻訳→→→→→→ 神風特攻隊は日本人の魂の叫びである。世界中の軍隊でどこも真似できなかった戦術だ。外国人には恐らく、日本人のこの特異な戦法は理解できないだろう。 武士道、サムライ、わびさび、ものの哀れ、これらの感情の奥にある哲学を知らなければ、外国人にとって日本は永遠に理解できないと思われる。

[@Bee-tj8gc]

The middle easterns did it during the invasions of multiple countries in the middle East "dying for our parents and siblings" There's something beautiful about that.

[@emotionalvideos6897]

​@@Bee-tj8gc yet deffending your country is considered terrorism by hypocrites western people, i mean it's okay that they invade your land, bully you, kill you, humilliate you but if you commit a suicide with bombs taking enemies and of course NEVER CIVILIANS (in this case it is unacceptable), then you are fanatic or terrorist lol

[@shirleywong9428]

​@@Bee-tj8gcthat's what I said they give their life to save others

[@patrickcagurangan1256]

ALLAHU AKBAR!!! May the allah bless you all kamikazes

[@brownsugawithouttabag]

?

[@emotionalvideos6897]

troll piece of crap

[@cassatakissana9382]

Imagine thinking joe Biden or Donald trump were gods and you should lay down your life for them?!?!?!