This is interesting footage, although it would be nice to have some narration (and get rid of the annoying music). In the absence of narration, information from wikipedia can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze

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I can't even begin to imagine what that's like. Having bombs, planes and machine gun rounds coming in all around you on a ship.

Also being on a plane, flying into certain death.

*documentary

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Kamikaze, WW2, History' to 'Kamikaze, WW2, History, sergio leone, divine wind' - edited by therealblankman

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The nationalism must be so strong in those pilots.

This is both beautiful and terrifying footage. And the Spaghetti Western music totally makes it. I'm always stunned at how young they are... how they must have felt making that choice at the moment before they made the final dive. It must have been amazing, terrifying, gratifying and thrilling at the same time knowing that you are going out like a comet in one of the most elegantly designed planes of WW2.

With my luck I would have been one of the ones making the 1-wing slow spin.