WORLD● LOW4d ago · Aug 28, 2026, 12:42 PM
Japan's controversial WWII heroes: How one kamikaze pilot escaped certain death
France 24 [en] · east asia
Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks. Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average age of just 21, were ordered to crash their explosive-laden planes into enemy ships. More than 3,800 pilots gave up their lives, killing over 7,000 allied naval personnel. Our reporter Mélodie Sforza met one of the last surviving former kamikaze pilots.
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