There are countless stories of the Japanese 'kamakazi' pilots who would rather die themselves than give up. On Iwo Jima, a 5-mile-long desolate island rock 650 miles southeast of Tokyo, more than 23,000 marines became casualties. The fight for Okinawa was even deadlier as many Japanese troops readily killed themselves. The Japanese fought by a code they thought was right: 'Bushido' The way of the Samurai warrior.
How was this code different from the more Western idea of 'Chivalry?'
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ReplyDelete1. It was pretty much the same thing as the Western idea of Chivalry.
ReplyDelete2. He was a Japanese soldier who stood his post and carried out his orders as told, he never surrendered.
3. I think a Samurai would win.