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Kamikaze pilots: In addition to only being given enough fuel for a one-way ride, did they also strip out anything from the planes or their uniforms that would do them no good on their journey? (lemmy.world)

submitted 14 hours ago by 58008@lemmy.world to c/askhistorians@lemmy.world

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For example, I don't imagine them needing a handgun, food supplies, gear for camping, and so on. Would such items have been taken away and reused on soldiers/pilots who were expected to survive awhile longer? How would the interior of their planes differ from those of regular pilots?

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

you're writing about a culture that practised seppuku!

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah, it was ritualized suicide. Anything in service of the god-emperor