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The banzai charge is considered to be one method of gyokusai (玉砕, "shattered jewel"; honorable suicide), a suicide attack, or suicide before being captured by the enemy such as seppuku. [5] The origin of the term is a classical Chinese phrase in the 7th-century Book of Northern Qi , which states " 丈夫玉碎恥甎全 ", "A true man would ...
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
Banzai Cliff is a historical site at the northern tip of Saipan island in the Northern Mariana Islands, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.Towards the end of the Battle of Saipan in 1944, hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers (of the Imperial Japanese Army) jumped off the cliff to their deaths in the ocean and rocks below, to avoid being captured by the Americans.
During World War II, Tennōheika Banzai (天皇陛下万歳, May the Emperor live for ten thousand years) served as a battle cry of sorts for Japanese soldiers, particularly in a "banzai charge". [17] The most popular battle cry is "Ei ei oh" (エイエイオー), which is usually used at the start of battle. [18] [19] "Avanti Savoia!"
Japanese woodcut print depicting an infantry charge in the Russo-Japanese War. A human wave attack, also known as a human sea attack, [1] is an offensive infantry tactic in which an attacker conducts an unprotected frontal assault with densely concentrated infantry formations against the enemy line, intended to overrun and overwhelm the defenders by engaging in melee combat.
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Throughout the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army had gained a reputation both for its fanaticism and for its brutality against prisoners of war and civilians alike, of which the Nanjing Massacre is the most well known example. [74]