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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.
Banzai Japan made their major label debut with the single "Juunin Toiro / Kingyo no Uta" through Rock Fields' sub-label Victoria Beats in June 2019. [1] Their second major single, "Jumpin'! Nappu! Japan!", was released in March 2020. [2] Their third major single, "Banzai Fighter / Engi ga Ii Machi / Yell Delivery", was released in January 2021. [3]
A group of Japanese soldiers during World War II shouting "banzai!" near Beijing Banzai at dissolution of the House of Representatives (1953) The Chinese term was introduced to Japan as banzai (Kana: ばんざい; Kanji: 万歳) as early as the 8th century, and was used to express respect for the Emperor in much the same manner as the Chinese term.
Banzai charge or banzai attack, a last, desperate military charge; Banzai Cliff, one of the sites of mass Japanese suicide on the island of Saipan during World War II; Banzai skydive, the act of throwing a parachute out of a plane and trying to catch up to it in mid-fall, put it on, and deploy it before hitting the ground
Dead Japanese soldiers lie on the beach after a failed banzai charge on Guadalcanal, 1942. American propaganda distributed through leaflet drops accounted for about 20% of surrenders, [ 69 ] equating to about one POW for every 6,000 leaflets dropped. [ 70 ]
The initiative is expected to boost Banzai’s net income by about $13.5 million annually once fully implemented. In particular, the company expects to cut staffing and contractor expenses by 27% ...
In the days after the landings, the Marines expected the usual Japanese banzai charge during the night. This had been the standard Japanese defense strategy in previous island battles against enemy ground forces in the Pacific, such as during the Battle of Saipan in June 1944. In those attacks, for which the Marines had usually been at least ...
Attu is the only land battle in which Japanese and American forces fought in snowy conditions, in contrast with the tropical climate in the rest of the Pacific. The battle ended when most of the Japanese defenders were killed in brutal hand-to-hand combat after a final banzai charge broke through American lines.