Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Bushido



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?'


 Who would win:  Knight vs. Samurai?

3 comments:

  1. 1. more or less the same
    2. Japanese soldier who refused to surrender.
    3. A samurai would win

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  2. 1. The code was the same from the Western Idea.
    2. A japanese soldier who always refused to surrender.
    3. I would say a samurai would win.

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  3. 1. It was pretty much the same thing as the Western idea of Chivalry.
    2. 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.

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