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PBS Independent Lens: Wings of Defeat
"In October 1944, following crushing defeats at the hands of Allied forces, Japan’s WWII military leaders dreamed up a last, desperate strategy—the Kamikaze, an elite corps of Japanese pilots whose airborne suicide missions were to cripple the fast-approaching U.S. Naval warships.
Few outside Japan knew that hundreds of Kamikaze actually survived the war. WINGS OF DEFEAT explores the life stories of four surviving Kamikaze pilots, revealing the tragedy of young men drafted to kill themselves in a war that had already been lost."
This is an eye-opening documentary that will have you riveted all the way through. Learn about the kamikaze through the voices of the men who actually flew the missions.
Few outside Japan knew that hundreds of Kamikaze actually survived the war. WINGS OF DEFEAT explores the life stories of four surviving Kamikaze pilots, revealing the tragedy of young men drafted to kill themselves in a war that had already been lost."
This is an eye-opening documentary that will have you riveted all the way through. Learn about the kamikaze through the voices of the men who actually flew the missions.