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Old April 14th, 2008, 03:02 AM
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Default Re: Japan's Fatally Flawed Air Forces in World War II

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Originally Posted by Matthew View Post
... One thing that I still don't understand to this day was the Kamikaze attacks. Why not just train the young men to become great pilots? ... But instead men had to waste whatever aircraft Japan had in the Kamikaze attacks. Japan also lacked resources to mke the planes and they were losing planes faster than they could make them which was also not good.
It's something I've never understood. As far as I understand it they did not apply the practical viewpoint, as for them it was an honour to die for their Emperor.
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