Revisited - Japan's controversial WWII heroes: How one kamikaze pilot escaped certain death
- Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks.
- Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average age of just 21, were ordered to crash their explosive-laden planes into enemy ships.
- More than 3,800 pilots gave up their lives, killing over 7,000 allied naval personnel.
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- Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks.
- Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average age of just 21, were ordered to crash their explosive-laden planes into enemy ships.
- More than 3,800 pilots gave up their lives, killing over 7,000 allied naval personnel.
Sources: France 24