Word: banzai
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Emperors unbroken for ages eternal," and Article III, which says: "The Emperor is sacred and inviolable." It was Shinto that taught Japanese law students: "Subjects have no mind apart from the will of the Emperor." Shinto taught Japanese Army privates: "Those who, with the words 'Tenno Heika Banzai!' (May the Emperor live forever!) on their lips, have consummated a tragic death in battle, whether they are good or whether they are bad, are thereby sanctified...
Admiral Nimitz's reference left no doubt that the Navy now recognizes these banzai air charges as a tactical policy, a desperate attempt to halt the U.S. fleet's advances on the home islands. It was also clear that the Navy would not have permitted correspondents to tell of crash dives if it had not found ways to make them mainly ineffective...
...under Major General Clifton B. Gates, had tough going on the right flank. Near the end of the third week, the Japs on Cates's front decided to press for a decision. In the middle of the night they staged an infiltration attack-not a senseless banzai charge, but a well-executed, coordinated drive. The marines stood their ground, and in the morning 564 corpses were counted in front of their positions...
...week is critical. German momentum is spending but not completely spent. If the Allied counterattacks are successful, Rundstedt may lose much or all of the last German reserves in the west. But in recent months all Germany has grown as fierce and fanatical in its losing struggle as the banzai-charging Japanese infantry...
...rule. Young men were off fighting as guerrillas. There were very young children, now, whose eyes had a marked and curious slant. Stories of Jap cruelty were told and retold: of the nuns forced at bayonet point to undress and be photographed. And in many a town, signs like "Banzai Restaurant" were visible through the hastily-slapped-on coats of fresh paint...