Life of a Kamikaze Pilot
The life of a kamikaze pilot could be relatively short if a soldier is called into duty, sometimes their first flight is their last. Don't miss today's epic new video to check out the most dangerous job in the Japanese military: The Kamikaze Pilot!
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Kamikaze pilot instructer: pay attention kids I’m only gonna do this once
@mr.wescottx7129
Жыл бұрын
Never again.
@explodeygames7585
Жыл бұрын
Underrated
@lester6955
Жыл бұрын
💀
@oracleofdelphi4533
Жыл бұрын
McDonalds Employee: "How's that pilot's license working out for you?"
@swerve-ec2yu
Жыл бұрын
@@oracleofdelphi4533 mo
"War does not determine who is right, only who is left." - Bertrand Russell
@urm0mm476
Жыл бұрын
Except for Germany in 1939
@urm0mm476
Жыл бұрын
Germany is 100% was bad at that time
@randomperson7762
Жыл бұрын
Well said.
@patrickwastie5
Жыл бұрын
Well yeah, the one with the moral high ground doesn’t always win Example Taliban took control over Afghanistan after the US didn’t retreat, but just kind of left
@jakeg3126
Жыл бұрын
But if you were right you would be left. Because if you were wrong you’d be dead
I greatly admire the words Kiyoshi wrote to his sensei because they're true.
@snicker576
Жыл бұрын
That whole story was fiction. They say so around the end of the video
@someonethatexists46
Жыл бұрын
@@snicker576 I know that it’s fiction
This shouldn't be a long episode
@RamiJatuk69
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@JibAjabba87
Жыл бұрын
Im done lol 😂
@XFIGHTINGDREAMERX245
Жыл бұрын
I’m history. LOL
@VideoGameCassettes
Жыл бұрын
I don't get the joke, help!
@findantu
Жыл бұрын
Pay attention only gonna show you this once.
A movie that depicts this theme is 'Assault In The Pacific: Kamikaze'. It shows the training and emotions of a Kamikaze squadron, all the way up to their final, hopeless, mission. The ending is a true tearjerker.
@thatguy22441
Жыл бұрын
We (the Allies) are lucky Japan didn't resort to Kamikaze attacks any sooner. One thing the history books don't come out and say is we could have lost that war. In fact, we were losing in the early days of it.
@bub3124
Жыл бұрын
@@thatguy22441 it ain't easy training pilots just so maybe they pull off a successful attack
"If you run out of the ammo, you are the ammo." ~Emperor Hirohito
I feel bad for the people who had to do this against their will.
@tencry
Жыл бұрын
69th like!
@randomstuff-hn9ci
Жыл бұрын
Respect
@actionshortfilms468
Жыл бұрын
90th like
@blinduser-zz5bk
Жыл бұрын
Suspecting they are bots
@anime_editor3383
Жыл бұрын
It's actually optional once. But in 1944 it became a policy.
“Some of you may die but that is a sacrifice i'm willing to make” -Emperor Hirohito, probably
Great job humanizing the young lad
@lukesilvay6039
Жыл бұрын
They shouldn’t be humanized
@Colzenous
Жыл бұрын
@@lukesilvay6039 well they were forced to become kamakzi
@LouieP
Жыл бұрын
@@lukesilvay6039 Everyone should be humanized.. The reason why war like this happens to this day is each side fails to humanize the other side. Always the enemy is completely evil. What do you think Terrorist think about America? That we're good people? lol
@znul
Жыл бұрын
@@lukesilvay6039 meaning that no country should be humanized?
Senninbari, the sacred Shinto belts with a thousand stitches, are good-luck amulets in Shintoism. Senninbari were often given to the kamikaze, and also sent in “comfort bags” to ordinary WW2 Japanese soldiers in the field. I noticed that in this video, there is no mention of senninbari or of the kamikaze pilots' ceremonial last drink of rice wine.
@smallies7154
Жыл бұрын
Tell em what he's won 😂
@kaigung7846
Жыл бұрын
The video is missing a LOT of things - most notably fact checking. But what did you expect when the opening words were "KAI-Yoshi"?
This video got me thinking about an anime called "The Cockpit". It also shows an accurate description of what some of those Japanese Imperial soldiers might have felt before they died destroying US ships. It's a great anime.
@diegorosales9705
Жыл бұрын
truly interesting
@craigjones7343
Жыл бұрын
Some of the pilots survive, having not crashed their planes for one reason or another.
They were actually encouraged to think of their mother's face while flying.
I can’t imagine having to sacrifice myself for glory
@00maniacmanny00
Жыл бұрын
Why not?
@DignityForAllyt
Жыл бұрын
Yea yep yea sir
@opalescencedoll7840
Жыл бұрын
For Japan
@admiralkaede
Жыл бұрын
@@oracleofdelphi4533 just stop there are extremists on both sides its people like u who are destroying this country
@collinthegamer510
Жыл бұрын
I can
I was born and still live here in Davao, PH. I never knew about this. Thank you @infographics hope you guys read this
2:41 Frankly this is typical eastern and southern Chinese music which used a lot of five-note-scale (12356). If I remember correctly, Japanese scales mostly use (13467) instead.
"Only the dead have seen the end of the war." - George Santayana
It be the job you only do once, but you do it for the rest of your life
@randomperson7762
Жыл бұрын
It’s a bot :/ ignore him.
@hymatwat9412
Жыл бұрын
It would be worse to live on outskirts of Hiroshima
@karlitosway7474
Жыл бұрын
@Brittany Radzus what does he get? A chance to serve the emperor?
@reeboksboiz1266
Жыл бұрын
Lol👆
@reeboksboiz1266
Жыл бұрын
Besides, I have ROBOKILLER😏
Additional points. If a Kamikaze made the flight but couldn't hit the target due to bad weather or cloud cover or mechanical problems he was allowed to return. The Japanese didn't want to "waste" the kamikaze. Now if you were the only one left or if you had returned 2-3-4 times that's another story... Pilots were giving a cup of sake to calm their nerves prior. Potentially other drugs as well so that they would not lose their nerve.
@LoveSickWorld
Жыл бұрын
I’ve always wondered if there’s a story, at least one, or a pilot who disappeared, landed somewhere and just gave themselves to the ally troops or vanished, hoping to be thought dead. I doubt it, but it’s a interesting thought
@MrUberguber
Жыл бұрын
I would have needed a couple of bottles
@wasdkug_tr
Жыл бұрын
@@LoveSickWorld there was a japanese kamikaze pilot who returned like 16 times and then he got executed for treason
"Books are better then war!" Wisely said.
@fanvadostigt
Жыл бұрын
First comment noticing it apparently
With a name like that, you can only expect the craziest people to be in that field.
@mr.wescottx7129
Жыл бұрын
For real
Very nicely done. And as ex military, I'd give my life for my brother next to me NOT some clown riding a white horse.
You’re missing the vital part of the drugs every pilot took to shut off the feelings.
@jjcoola998
Жыл бұрын
What drugs? All I heard was they would get some sake ahead of time. I'd be curious to hear what chemicals were used if this was the case
@stefanjohansson2373
Жыл бұрын
@@jjcoola998 It’s a fact that drugs are used in wars and even by the kamikaze pilots. There are certainly some videos on YT about drugs used in wars.
@ggidd4322
Жыл бұрын
@@stefanjohansson2373 Say you're making it up without saying you're making it up
@jjcoola998
Жыл бұрын
@@stefanjohansson2373 I was along specifics lol like the specific drugs everyone knows drugs are big in wars I thought you had insight and not a guess is why I asked but since you didn’t reply with any specific drugs I’ll assume they were mainly using the drug alcohol I mean all the pilots of the world used speed like the truckers of the world I thought you had some knowledge of a specific drug they were using is why I was curious
@ripvanced
Жыл бұрын
@@ggidd4322 say something useless without saying something useless
Nice vid, cant wait to watch.
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Жыл бұрын
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About the fueling up… In every retelling I’ve heard, they said they only put in enough fuel to get there, to help ensure the pilots couldn’t get cold feet and return. Knowing there wasn’t enough fuel to get back was was intentional, to encourage them to carry out the mission or alternatively, crash in the ocean and be seen as a coward. Which of those is true is probably hard to say, but as a tactic, it would be smarter to ensure the operation was successful by leaving the soldiers with no other option and have slightly less explosive power (which arguably could be made up with more bombs or other explosives), than it would be to have a bit more fire power but a higher failure rate.
@jjcoola998
Жыл бұрын
It could very well have been both on different missions or different crews etc
@RavenFilms
Жыл бұрын
@@jjcoola998 You’re right, very true
@DurpenHeimer
Жыл бұрын
Lol if I had a full tank I would absolutely chicken out to a different island
@RavenFilms
Жыл бұрын
@@DurpenHeimer I think most would. But social pressure is strong when coming from that kind of society. Most countries now don’t have a society that would shame your family if you turned tail, if you were from a country that would, you probably would do it though.
“Son you are the ammo”
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Жыл бұрын
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This is why any belief system bar none should be questioned and analyzed without letting any prevailing sentiment gets in the way
Is the very quiet background music during the start from dead frontier? What’s the background music called and where else is it from. Of the 2k people that play that game is an I fographic editor one of them?😂
These guys were friggin nuts
Taking the time and effort to create a flag to cover the body definitely went beyond the call of duty, respect.
Thanks again another Kamikaze episode 😒 I appreciate the content 💯 hopefully you guys are making videos that I mentioned the infographic show
Good video, but I would like to touch base on a couple of things. “Tarmac” isn’t an actual term, it’s just a misnomer. Instead probably say ‘ramp’ or ‘apron’ which are in fact actual terms. Aircraft did not (and still don’t) use gasoline, they use what is known as ‘Jet A1’ which is similar to Diesel but is much more flammable.
Amazing
I can imagine the training programs were cost effective to say the least. No need to worry about how to land
@SkittlesGG
Жыл бұрын
This had me dying for the last 5 minutes 😭
Song name is "Tokkoutai Bushi". We load fuel for a one-way trip - tentsurushan while crying. Our destination is Ryukyu, our journey to the other side, oh, our journey to the other side. As we leave the ground - tentsurushan it is our farewell to this world. We think about our mothers' faces, oh, our mothers' faces. Oh rain, fall, fall - tentsurushan with all your might, oh rain. This bitterness from us maintenance workers, oh, this bitterness.
please try to make videos other than wars , conflit , and milliatry.
This man was a lot like a bee, they simply didn’t teach them how to come back after attacking
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Жыл бұрын
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Fun fact only like 10% of kamikaze pilots actually striked the 90% got shot out of the sky (some kamijaze planes didnt even have engine and they were being dropped like a bombs kinda and they just glided to the targets)
@ultimapower6950
Жыл бұрын
I’ll still use them anyways
@sthrich635
Жыл бұрын
10% hit chance was already way better than the regular newbie pilots in wooden planes that actually tried to dogfight veteran US pilots in latter parts of war. Those got shot down like 99% of the time.
The leadership had to bolt the canopies closed to keep the pilots from jumping out. That's how popular this idea was to the men in the planes.
One kamikazee flew out and returned from 9 missions. He was executed the 9th time but it was possible to get away with some shenanigans
@ebonimom6964
Жыл бұрын
Wow really? I never heard of that story. That's interesting to know!
@Wavmo
Жыл бұрын
How do you do Kamikaze and come back alive ?? I don't understand
@nickdarr7328
Жыл бұрын
@@Wavmo By saying you got lost, couldn't find a high value target, or say you had engine trouble. So you can't complete a kamikazee mission and come back but you can abort one and come back often
I've never read anything about the best kamikaze pilots, but I did come across an article about the worst. They say he flew over 30 missions, and complained the whole time.
Perfect pronunciation of Davao. Glad to hear that
Good! Now make one about the draft for Vietnam.
Nice video
RIP Kiyoshi 🙏🏾
I hear their lives move pretty fast
this video was longer than expected
Imagine if everyone thought like Kiyoshi but were to afraid to say something
Even before seeing this video I know that this was something I wouldn't want to do ever. Also great video.
@nickdarr7328
Жыл бұрын
That's a pretty bold statement. Most people are on the fence about being used as a human missile with guaranteed death until they watch the video. Of freaking course you knew you wouldn't want to do this. No one does. This video wasn't made to talk everyone out of joining a Japanese Kamikaze squadron.
So sad that people needed to do this 😢
@twistedyogert
Жыл бұрын
Recruits had an option to refuse but if they didn't then it would result in a loss of honor.
@scipio8866
Жыл бұрын
More like had to, rather than needed to
can you do a video about what life was like as an SS concentatration camp guard?
@danny.55
Жыл бұрын
Theyre freakin warrior
@tiger-tn6gx
Жыл бұрын
its quite the drag with a burning motivation to do a good job
"You volunteer, you will volunteer, volunteering is mandatory", the three choices they get, which are not choices in the slightest...
This is how far peer pressure and authoritarian control works to mute the will of the unwilling to dissident..
Your videos are very good for sleeping
Kamikaze pilots have my upmost respect.
Basically a Japanese version of "Joe vs. the Volcano"
Plz do the nuncler war part 5 plz
"Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain" ― Imperial Japanese Military Code
Respect
What??? Why are these being old videos being reposted
pretty crazy
1:12 "books are better then war" Lol no regerts
Mitsubishi went from producing fighter planes to producing the Mirage
Awesome!
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Жыл бұрын
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BANZAI!!🛩🇯🇵
You should do one about the Okha. It was also known by the Americans as the Baka Bomb.
@reeboksboiz1266
Жыл бұрын
Bot👆
I feel sorry for all of these kamikaze people, also for people fighting in wars in general...
TENNO HEIKA BANZAI!!! LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN AND OUR GLORIOUS EMPORER!!! BANZAI!!! 🇯🇵
Duty as heavy as a mountain. Death as light as a feather…or parachute if you bailout.
They blow up so fast these days
Can turn this into a movie for Netflix
the emperor be like: "Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make".
Really thought this video was gonna be about 4 seconds long
I saw the title of the video and said "Okay this is gonna be short."
Wait only i realized how cursed this handshake was? or i losed my insanity alredy?
Thought this was going to be short a video lol
It would have been funny if you had put "short documentary" in the title
They only had one shot and they definitely didn’t miss there chance to blow
I would like to know more in your next video about a forgotten war in 1917 when the US fought against communism in Siberia, Russia “polar bear Expedition”
The life of a Kamikaze Pilot is usually a blast! I mean, they leave a lasting impression. A lot of people love them! They’re Da Bomb! The last thing through their minds tend to be their butts. They don’t generally walk away from their landings. Their favorite song is “Last Resort” specifically the opening of “cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort”. Their lives can be rather messy. You can only train them once.
@the_rover1
Жыл бұрын
their life philosophy is YOLO. literally.
@ultimapower6950
Жыл бұрын
I love them
@fishfella8955
Жыл бұрын
Bro 💀
@noahniskala
Жыл бұрын
Best comment here LOL
@kreevisful
Жыл бұрын
*B A S E D*
Absolutely would have refused the assignment
“A pink blossom glistens as it falls” another Japanese death poem
Is this the short version?
All those lives lost for 14% accuracy smh.
@ducklett01god
Жыл бұрын
Sound like pokemon
' 'The Victor is not victorious unless the desceased considers him so" '
KIYOSHI SHOULD HAVE A BETTER FUTURE IF IT WASEN'T FOR THE EMPIRE. MAY HE REST IN PIECE🙏🙏.
Really thought he was going to get out of that somehow..
KZread really showed me an advertisement about joining the dutch army while im watching this video.
Multiple details here can’t be known considering he perished on impact…
I was thinking why Chinese background music And Kiyoshi isn't pronounced right
Now when we die, would we get to see what goes on to see if we succeeded: Or does it make no difference.
"You will do great you're the bomb guys!"
I believe that no one should be forced to fight in a war if they are too scared to die and there is no dishonor in that. I also believe that if we were in a war and I was told to fly a plane into an enemy ship, then I would do it. For my country, friends, and family, I will give my life.
@kevlarmac1091
Жыл бұрын
24k sucker...... You crash for your country the next day the war would be over and you wouldn't even know it
@patrickfrei9322
Жыл бұрын
What use are you to anyone when you're dead? Was it "your side" that started the war? If so, was it your personal decision? If not, then why would you wanna die?
@mr.goldenproductions_0143
4 ай бұрын
As the brits say: right or wrong, it's my country. @@patrickfrei9322
Yes sir, I’ll make sure to teach other people once
Old Japanese man that’s 98 years old: and that’s my story my friends!
Okay. How do I say this? Last year didn't work out so well for me. 2018, well....
"Would you please throw your life away so we can pretend we haven't lost the war for a little while longer?"
These poor people werent given a choice. Their lives over. Their fate seal. That's a sad situation and had to be mentally abd psychologically draining. And all of this for a War that they ultimately lost. Meaning these people died for absolutely no reason. They thought that their sacrifice would help secure a victory and make the world a better place for their loved ones but in reality, their sacrifice meant nothing besides keeping their family's honor intact.
Tudor Dixon is the best choice for governor.
You said in a previous episode about them that they didn't send eldest sons as it would end the family line therefore this story couldn't have happened as he was the only son because he was worried about leaving his mother all alone.
“Books are better then war”