Kamikaze pilots

[mrsjdtobe]

I saw this advertised for Monday night but can't remember what channel it is on. Anyone else going to watch this? Don't think I've seen a programme about the Japs in the war before (other than Pearl Harbour love:) so am interested to know how they managed to convince all these men to commit suicide for their cause.

[Parrot]

I saw this advertised for Monday night but can't remember what channel it is on. Anyone else going to watch this? Don't think I've seen a programme about the Japs in the war before (other than Pearl Harbour love:) so am interested to know how they managed to convince all these men to commit suicide for their cause.

They were brainwashed into thinking emperor Hirohito was a divine being and would be rewarded for giving their lives....headtap:

Sound familiar? :rolleyes:

[Garlic Breath]

Anyone with a modicum of intelligence would know why and how these men did what they did.

[Kop Kred]

I saw this advertised for Monday night but can't remember what channel it is on. Anyone else going to watch this? Don't think I've seen a programme about the Japs in the war before (other than Pearl Harbour love:) so am interested to know how they managed to convince all these men to commit suicide for their cause.

it was either death and glory or karaoke... what would you do? ;)

[meelin]

I saw this advertised for Monday night but can't remember what channel it is on. Anyone else going to watch this? Don't think I've seen a programme about the Japs in the war before (other than Pearl Harbour love:) so am interested to know how they managed to convince all these men to commit suicide for their cause.

Channel 4, 9.00 pm, it clashes with the great David Attenborough, so I will probably tape and watch later.

I don't know if you ever watched World at War,narrated by Laurence Olivier, but there was a couple of episodes regarding the Japs pre-war, during the war, and the aftermath of the bomb.

I would imagine a lot of the battle footage to be shown tonight will have been shown in the World at War programmes.

[mrsjdtobe]

I never actually watched this tonight as I forgot I had a lecture at college. I did catch a bit of the David Attenborough programme though on the BBC and was engrossed in that! Brilliant show, I must buy the DVD set when I have money!

[Garlic Breath]

I watched the prog on the pilots and what impressed me was that most of them actually had jobs and contributed to their society......:)

[Gary1975]

Why wear helmets DAFT COONTS :)

[Kop Kred]

Why wear helmets DAFT COONTS :)


You mean apart from the obvious? :)

[Parrot]

Why wear helmets DAFT COONTS :)

Maybe so they dont bang their heads too hard when they crash into a 100m ton Aircraft Carrier at 300mph? :rolleyes:

[Sebastiaan Boomfluf]

when ze sailor boys saw ze japanese kamikaze planes it made zem shake with fear. Hence, ven you english start to shake with ze cold you say zer "is a nip in ze air".

Zis is of course a complete fabrication.

[Parrot]

I thought the "nip" referred to ladies jumper bullets standing to attention when it was cold? :rolleyes:

[Gary1975]

Maybe so they dont bang their heads too hard when they crash into a 100m ton Aircraft Carrier at 300mph? :rolleyes:


Cheers for that :)

[Superfatbantam]

It was just fashion, Gary! tup:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080115163038AArLVz9

Best answer?

So the mess is easier to clean up. They may be suicidal and crazy, but they are tidy and considerate as well.