Memoirs of a Kamikaze (eBook)
224 Seiten
Tuttle Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4629-2149-2 (ISBN)
**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner**An incredible, untold story of survival and acceptance that sheds light on one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history.This book tells the story of Kazuo Odachi who--in 1943, when he was just 16 years-old--joined the Imperial Japanese Navy to become a pilot. A year later, he was unknowingly assigned to the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps--a group of airmen whose mission was to sacrifice their lives by crashing planes into enemy ships. Their callsign was "e;ten dead, zero alive."e;By picking up Memoirs of a Kamikaze, readers will experience the hardships of fighter pilot training--dipping and diving and watching as other trainees crash into nearby mountainsides. They'll witness the psychological trauma of coming to terms with death before each mission, and breathe a sigh of relief with Odachi when his last mission is cut short by Japan's eventual surrender. They'll feel the anger at a government and society that swept so much of the sacrifice under the rug in its desperation to rebuild.Odachi's innate "e;samurai spirit"e; carried him through childhood, WWII and his eventual life as a kendo instructor, police officer and detective. His attention to detail, unwavering self-discipline and impenetrably strong mind were often the difference between life and death. Odachi, who is now well into his nineties, kept his Kamikaze past a secret for most of his life. Seven decades later, he agreed to sit for nearly seventy hours of interviews with the authors of this book--who know Odachi personally. He felt it was his responsibility to finally reveal the truth about the Kamikaze pilots: that they were unsuspecting teenagers and young men asked to do the bidding of superior officers who were never held to account.This book offers a new perspective on these infamous suicide pilots. It is not a chronicle of war, nor is it a collection of research papers compiled by scholars. It is a transcript of Odachi's words.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.9.2020 |
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Übersetzer | Alexander Bennett |
Zusatzinfo | two 16-page color inserts; historical photos, b&w photos and maps |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 130 x 130 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Schlagworte | History of Japan • Japanese history • japanese history and culture • japanese military • japan history • japan history book • japan history culture • Kamikaze • kamikaze book • kamikaze diaries • kamikaze history • kamikaze pilot • kimikaze plane • military history • military history books • military history gifts • military history of japan • World War 2 • world war 2 books • world war 2 japan • world war 2 japanese • world war 2 planes • World War II • World War II books • world war ii history books • world war ii japan • world war ii planes • WWII • wwii books • WWII fighter pilot • wwii gifts • wwii history • wwii history books • WWII in the Pacific • WWII japan • wwii japanese plane • wwii letters • wwii plane model • WWII planes • WWII veteran • wwii war planes |
ISBN-10 | 1-4629-2149-3 / 1462921493 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4629-2149-2 / 9781462921492 |
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