Opere di Kazuo Odachi
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THE WAR ROOM (1)
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- Opere
- 1
- Utenti
- 33
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- #421,955
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- 3.6
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- 3
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- 3
What I found interesting is that these young men accepted this order without question. It was an order that you would execute to serve your country and prevent invasion of the homeland. Eventually Odachi noticed the leadership didn't fly on these one way missions and he became disillusioned in the his leaders and the purpose of the strategy. One question one might have is how he survived and the answer is that they were ordered to return to base if they could not find a carrier and he never found the American fleet. Japanese communication between planes and the planes and base was very poor by this stage of the war. His last mission on August 15, 1945 was aborted by a truck racing in front of his taxing aircraft with news of the war's end.
The book contains history of the different stages of the war and where the author was at those moments and what he was feeling. The author claims these flyers weren't fanatics but rather just doing their duty serving their country. He does not hold back on his criticism of the military leadership.… (altro)