Based on those figures, it’s not exactly an attractive proposition - “hey guys, go ahead and sacrifice yourself in the interests of killing an average of 2 of the enemy. Go death squad!”
I can’t remember what rabbit hole I to discover this but there’s a book or interview with a surviving member of the kamikaze squad who was thoroughly unimpressed by the idea he and his mates were being used as suicide bombers. I need to go find the source again.
This is a common problem when I read your articles. I then spend the next n hours tumbling through the internet learning all sorts of fascinating things ;)
(Typo - 4th paragraph? "Within 30 seconds"... only cuz I know you'll be publishing ;-))
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Based on those figures, it’s not exactly an attractive proposition - “hey guys, go ahead and sacrifice yourself in the interests of killing an average of 2 of the enemy. Go death squad!”
I can’t remember what rabbit hole I to discover this but there’s a book or interview with a surviving member of the kamikaze squad who was thoroughly unimpressed by the idea he and his mates were being used as suicide bombers. I need to go find the source again.
This is a common problem when I read your articles. I then spend the next n hours tumbling through the internet learning all sorts of fascinating things ;)