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The banzai charge is considered to be one method of gyokusai (玉砕, "shattered jewel"; honorable suicide), a suicide attack, or suicide before being captured by the enemy such as seppuku. [5] The origin of the term is a classical Chinese phrase in the 7th-century Book of Northern Qi , which states " 丈夫玉碎恥甎全 ", "A true man would ...
Over Nagumo's objections, Saito made plans for a final suicidal banzai charge. On the fate of the remaining civilians on the island, Saitō said, "There is no longer any distinction between civilians and troops. It would be better for them to join in the attack with bamboo spears than be captured."
A term used by the Allied forces to refer to Japanese human wave attacks and swarming staged by infantry units armed with bayonets and swords. This term came from the Japanese battle cry "Tennōheika Banzai" (天皇陛下万歳, "Long live His Majesty the Emperor"), shortened to banzai, specifically referring to a tactic used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War.
The film was novelized by creator Earl Mac Rauch in 1984. The book was titled Buckaroo Banzai, published by Pocket Books and released in conjunction with the film. It was reprinted in 2002 to coincide with the release of the film on DVD. In the foreword, Mac Rauch mentions that the Buckaroo Banzai series would be continued in a series of novels.
Banzai charge or banzai attack, a last, desperate military charge; Banzai Cliff, one of the sites of mass Japanese suicide on the island of Saipan during World War II; Banzai skydive, the act of throwing a parachute out of a plane and trying to catch up to it in mid-fall, put it on, and deploy it before hitting the ground
Dead Japanese soldiers lie on the beach after a failed banzai charge on Guadalcanal, 1942. American propaganda distributed through leaflet drops accounted for about 20% of surrenders, [69] equating to about one POW for every 6,000 leaflets dropped. [70]
A banzai charge was conducted by desperate men for the express purpose of achieving an honorable death on the battlefield -- there was no real expectation of victory. It was "suicide by Marine." -- Yaush ( talk ) 18:43, 21 December 2015 (UTC) [ reply ]
Saigō Takamori was a well known and powerful Samurai lord of his time and one of the senior leaders of the Satsuma clan, he fiercely supported the imperial faction throughout Bakumatsu and was one of the prominent restoration figures during the Boshin war, he was especially concerned about growing political corruption – popular prints ...