Author: Nagatsuka, Ryuji
Edition: First Edition ~1st Printing
Features:
- 1st American Edition Japan Pilots in WW II text in English
Number Of Pages: 212
Release Date: 01-12-1974
Details: Ryuji Nagatsuka did not know, when he made an application to become a pilot in October 1943, that by the following autumn Japan’s situation in the war would be so critical that the role for which he was destined would be part of the most incomprehensible phenomenon of the hostilities – that of a suicide pilot, known to the world as a kamikaze.He and his fellow kamikaze pilots had to be highly trained to crash exactly on target and to evade dense anti-aircraft fire. In this way, thirteen US warships were sunk, and 174 damaged, in the Battle of Okinawa.Here, in this extraordinary document, Nagatsuka gives us a unique insight into what it was that enabled these young men to die for their country in such a way – and to do so willingly.
EAN: 9780025882805
Languages: English
Binding: hardcover
Item Condition: New
