a facinating and informative thread and one i will follow
a facinating and informative thread and one i will follow
Ive seen them a few times since 2003 but im mostly there on a weekend,they stand and face the shrine,men in ww2 uniforms with flags and some women..they often sit at a small cafe just outside the shrine...and yes ive seen that book and there are some others too,dont mention the Thai Burma railway, i got a really unusual response to that(they have a train from the Thai/Burma railway at the museum entrance)
I would like to go there as well, or the people all over Japan should visit there to know more about the history.
One thing that I want to say is that, they should n' t use the word 戦犯 Senpan - Military Criminals on the Yasukuni Shrine. This particular place is to remember the ones who gave their lives to protect their homeland and families. From what I heard and saw that from time to time pretty much only Chinese and Koreans (They didn' t even win the war, just assisted by allied forces) are protesting about Japanese PMs visiting the Yasukuni Shrine. There is nothing wrong to visit and remember the fallen soldiers.
Taka
Although this isn't part of the Kamikaze topic, it is another interesting one of Japan was being bad (covered up truth).
But I don' t think is a good idea (really want to discuss personally) to express it here in China. (Maybe the Chinese "spies" are watching this web too.
So I will just "stay quiet" for this topic.
Thank you everyone for commenting supporting our thread so far. 有り難う御座います! Arigatougozaimasu - Thank you in Japanese.
Cheers!
Taka
Taka-san,
對不起! I forgot about modern China. Sorry for going off-topic.
m(_ _)m
--Guy
No problem, Guy-san.
It' s a place for us to express our thoughts.
Taka
This is a super thread! Learning alot and thanks for taking the time to post your research
At the beginning of WWII (1941) at Eastern Front. (Battle for Moscow) Soviet Red Army Airforce organized a unit for specifically ramming their fighters (I-16) at German bombers. The method was called Таран (Eng. Taran) in Russian. This method was different from that of Kamikaze because Taran was much able to be parachuted out (higher survival rate) before or after crashing into the targets. One pilot was able to survive after conducting 4 Taran attacks! However due to the growing loss rate, Taran was prohibited, but some pilots did continue using Taran when their fighters were hit during mid-half of the war. (This would be categorize as Ket-shi attack)
Photo (Left): A Polikarpov I-16 "Rata" is preparing for a take-off. (Date unknown)
Last edited by SHINDENKAI; 08-28-2013 at 10:13 AM.
Thankyou Shindenkai..I dont want to go off topic with this already incredible thread.....The Nanking topic would be for another forum..at another time..which may generate anti Japanese sentiment....which will lead to deletion of the post if it is continued on the Kamikaze thread.
All discussions are welcome if held in their appropriate forums and shared respectively in content and fact...but not leaning towards political and abuse of a people in negative comments. Regards Larry
It is not the size of a Collection in History that matters......Its the size of your Passion for it!! - Larry C
One never knows what tree roots push to the surface of what laid buried before the tree was planted - Larry C
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