JAPAN UNLEASHES KAMIKAZE HELL OFF OKINAWA
Off the Coast of Okinawa, Japan • April 6–7, 1945 For centuries the concept of individual suicide was accepted within Japanese society. Among the warrior, or Samurai, class especially, suicide was seen as the way to, among other things, atone for one’s failure, attenuate shame, and restore honor for oneself or for one’s family or…