This refers to the Japanese pilots' "suicide missions" during World War
II, that involved relentlessly bombarding Allied targets by diving
straight in with their planes, and thus killing themselves in the
process. Most were persuaded to do so as a means of self-sacrifice for
the emperor of Japan, Hirohito. This program uses archival footage to
explore this grotesque and deeply tragic facet of the said global
conflict.
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Kamikaze, To Die for the Emperor die, japan, pilot, suicide, mission, world war ii, second world war, bomb, allied, target, emperor, Hirohito, global, conflict, documentary, free, watch, online, Hugh O'Neill, Patrick Allen
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