Kamikaze FBI Board by Chloe Cohen https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8 To what extent was participation in the Kamikaze program truly voluntary? en-us 2019-03-13 20:43:11 UTC 2025-10-30 14:17:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png Nakao Takenori had to keep convincing himself that he was bettering the nation by giving his life, when he was really just depressed and never found true happiness. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342419400
Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers, Chapter 6 ]]> 2019-03-18 14:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342419400 Hayashi Ichizō tried really hard to accept nationalism but his feelings of patriotism were superficial because he wanted to stay alive to be with his mother who he loved greatly. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342667087 Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers Chapter 5]]> 2019-03-19 01:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342667087 Hayashi Tadao felt like it was the destiny of all Japanese men to die in the war, which was a tragedy. He thought that it was normal because everyone was doing it. He was a smart young man and wanted to have an impactful life, but he lost passion and feeling in the military. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342668292 Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers, Chapter 2]]> 2019-03-19 01:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342668292 Yasuo Kuwahara felt demoralized and scared during soldier training. Rigorous training combined with nationalism forced people to work hard. His old, happy life seemed like ages ago and he did not want to die. Although he tried to prepare himself, he never felt ready to die and was very scared. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342668497 Kamikaze: A Japanese Pilot’s Own Spectacular Story of the Famous Suicide Squadrons]]> 2019-03-19 01:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342668497 US officials were scared by individual kamikaze acts, but they knew they had to find a way to take them on. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342669060 The Elusive Enemy: US Naval Intelligence and the Imperial Japanese Fleet]]> 2019-03-19 01:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342669060 Over 2,400 Japanese naval aviators died in suicide attacks and Kamikaze originally became the Japanese's primary weapon 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342669388 Suicide Warfare : Culture, the Military, and the Individual As a Weapon]]> 2019-03-19 02:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342669388 The Japanese had not originally designed kamikaze attacks to settle the issue of the war. The initial goal was to neutralize carriers so they could be engaged and destroyed by other things. Eventually, they became the primary weapon and overwhelmed defenses. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342669556 The Elusive Enemy: US Naval Intelligence and the Imperial Japanese Fleet]]> 2019-03-19 02:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342669556 Japanese tricked people into believing that the attacks were self motivated by undermining the value of life. They made people believe that the emperor was more important than the individual. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342669871 Suicide Warfare : Culture, the Military, and the Individual As a Weapon]]> 2019-03-19 02:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342669871 The Japanese were running extremely low on resources and they needed more resistance to protect their empire. They knew they were losing the war and they needed to take drastic measures. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342670060 The Elusive Enemy: US Naval Intelligence and the Imperial Japanese Fleet]]> 2019-03-19 02:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342670060 Death for the emperor was a great honor in Japanese culture. Death for the country was more honorable than surrendering. The Japanese strongly believed in effort and trying was what mattered. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342670219 Kamikazes]]> 2019-03-19 02:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342670219 People had a lot of time to think about what they were doing and there were ceremonial procedures before one's death. This helped to emphasize the romantic value of suicide. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342670433 Kamikazes]]> 2019-03-19 02:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342670433 The Japanese wanted these attacks to be remembered in future history books and they romanticized suicide so that people would find it death aesthetic. People even wrote poems and messages on flags that pilots carried with them to their deaths. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342670891 The Japanese and the War: Expectation, Perception, and the Shaping of Memory]]> 2019-03-19 02:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342670891 Japanese was very aggressive in acts against the US and wanted to intimidate them. “Banzai” was what Japanese soldiers yelled for their emperor to show their commitment to die for him. Suicide attacks shocked the US, but they were not enough of a force to stop the invasion 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342671681 Kamika]]> 2019-03-19 02:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342671681 Japanese army became very motivated and strong after they started winning wars, and became less isolated from the rest of the world, during the Meiji restoration 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342671936 Kamikazes]]> 2019-03-19 02:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342671936 Nakao Takenori thought that war was a terrible thing and not the solution to problems, but he also thought that it was important to identify the faults of the nation and to eliminate them. As a member of the nation, he felt it was his duty to help make Japan a better place. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342672246 Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers, Chapter 6 ]]> 2019-03-19 02:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342672246 Although the government tried to cover it up, soldiers realized how badly they were losing the war. People were brainwashed to believe that kamikaze was the right thing to do as a last resort. The Japanese did not want to show signs of weakness. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342672740 Kamikaze: A Japanese Pilot’s Own Spectacular Story of the Famous Suicide Squadrons]]> 2019-03-19 02:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342672740 The most important goal for the US was to estimate the intensity of the threat so they could come up with effective countermeasures. They tried to understand the reasoning behind them. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342673485 The Elusive Enemy: US Naval Intelligence and the Imperial Japanese Fleet]]> 2019-03-19 02:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342673485 Pilots were inexperienced and did not have a lot of training hours 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342674285 Suicide Warfare : Culture, the Military, and the Individual As a Weapon]]> 2019-03-19 02:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342674285 Japanese people had lots of books such as Rekishiteki Genjitsu (Historical Reality) and learned the importance of nationalism 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342674554  Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers, Chapter 6 ]]> 2019-03-19 02:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342674554 All of the soldiers from the diaries were torn over whether or not to die and questioned whether their individual lives or the nation was more important. However, nationalism and doing what everyone else was doing seemed to be more powerful than self worth. 21cohenc https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342675401 2019-03-19 02:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/21cohenc/msbxpd75e9f8/wish/342675401