Duration: 90mins
Okinawa:
The Marines land on sacred Japan - Okinawa. the Japanese are ready in their extensive underground defenses and are told to make the marines pay a high price. The divine wind is called forth and young Kamikaze pilots throw themselves at the Allied fleet ringing the island. " Make them pay, throw them back" is the Japanese battle cry. So pay they do, as the Marines relentlessly advance into the teeth of the fanatical Japanese defenses. But they will not be thrown back and the rising sum is set in what will be the final battle for the Marines in WWII.
Kamikaze:
Okinawa:
The Marines land on sacred Japan - Okinawa. the Japanese are ready in their extensive underground defenses and are told to make the marines pay a high price. The divine wind is called forth and young Kamikaze pilots throw themselves at the Allied fleet ringing the island. " Make them pay, throw them back" is the Japanese battle cry. So pay they do, as the Marines relentlessly advance into the teeth of the fanatical Japanese defenses. But they will not be thrown back and the rising sum is set in what will be the final battle for the Marines in WWII.
Kamikaze:
During the summer of 1994, a small group of Japanese pilots deliberately attempted to crash their planes into American ships participating in the invasion of Biak Island. For the Japanese, this first attack paved the way for a whole new way of fighting the Americans. Though only a small percentage of "Kamikazes" managed to reach their targets, those that did almost always inflicted tremendous damage and casualties, making them one of the most feared and destructive weapons the U.S. Navy faced during the WWII.
Japan's Surrender:
This newsreel sccount summarizes the final days of the war against Japan, including the potsdam Conference, the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Russia's declaration of war against Japan and the ormal surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri.
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