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Japanese woodcut print depicting an infantry charge in the Russo-Japanese War. Banzai charge or Banzai attack (Japanese: バンザイ突撃 or 万歳突撃, romanized: banzai totsugeki) is the term that was used by the Allied forces of World War II to refer to Japanese human wave attacks and swarming staged by infantry units.
The next week, on June 28, he oversaw and personally led an attack on a Japanese held ridge. On July 7 his battalion came under attack from a much larger enemy force, the largest banzai charge of the Pacific War. He refused to leave the front lines even after being wounded and continued to rally his men until being overrun and killed.
Allied forces under General John L. DeWitt took control of the island on 30 May after the remaining Japanese troops conducted a massive banzai charge. American forces lost 549 killed and 1,148 wounded, with another 2,100 evacuated because of weather-related injuries. During the battle all but 29 men of the Japanese garrison were killed.
A large banzai charge was made at 03:00 and met with some success, killing 45 Americans and wounding 128. [33] With support from the destroyers Schroeder and Sigsbee, the Marines killed 325 Japanese attackers. [33] At 04:00 the Japanese attacked Major Jones' 1st Battalion, 6th Marines in force.
Toggle World War II subsection. 4.1 Composition in 1940. ... they launched the largest Banzai charge of the war; ... US casualties were also heavy, and 1-105 and 2 ...
Traditional "banzai charge" attacks were to be discontinued, ... As casualties mounted, ... United States Army in World War II: ...
The Battle of Saipan was an amphibious assault launched by the United States against the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II between 15 June and 9 July 1944. The initial invasion triggered the Battle of the Philippine Sea , which effectively destroyed Japanese carrier-based airpower , and the battle resulted in the ...
Sadae Inoue (井上 貞衛, Inoue Sadae, November 5, 1886 – October 26, 1961) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He commanded the Japanese forces at the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Angaur .