Program Title: Kamikaze
Channel: The History Channel on TrueVisions (A23) and (D48)
Telecast date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Telecast Time: 9.00 p.m.
Kamikaze, Part 1. It was a weapon conceived in desperation yet horrifying in its destructive power--young Japanese pilots willing to turn themselves into human bombs to attack the US fleet in the Pacific. Witness the first organized kamikaze attack in history on October 25, 1944. In brutal fashion, a US escort carrier is sunk, and a survivor re-lives the terrifying scene. The success of the first mission unleashes a tidal wave of attacks. At the same time, the Japanese unveil an even more sinister suicide weapon: the rocket-powered Okha. A Japanese Okha veteran describes the training and mindset of a suicide pilot, and US Navy veterans onboard ships struck by Ohkas, tell the enormous devastation this "flying torpedo" could unleash.
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