BANZAI CHARGE

[toyotasupratt007]

watch the movie letters from iowa lots of it had to do with this great movie and simply insane to think why the japanese did this

[mrkaeru]

stupid shits... run into the machine guns lol

[bacon2boy]

@mrkaeru

Patriotic shit....

[clifford3456789]

@mrkaeru i know right its hilarious

[ikilledAeris]

@mrkaeru That's ignorant to say when you don't take into account any of their history and what it meant to be so dedicated to your cause and country. A childish comment. Learn some things.

[Yusukekamihate]

センソウノナイセカイニナッテホシイ

[umidontno040394]

i banzai charged in paintball once. actually took a guy with me. it was pretty awesome. 

[drunkinNinja96]

Hehe...duty!

[JakeDTX]

I just yelled "Tenno Heika, BANZAI!" and charged at my best friend and he just stood there...lol...WAAAAAAAAY too ineffective... I LOVE Banzais'! Great Video too...

[xXGshadow186Xx]

Man Imperial Japam was awsome. the usa kills all the cool guys. Japan you suck now! you cant even sustain a descent war... It would have been amazing being at the front of a banzai charge yelling making the enemy troops fear. then dieing honurably for the emperor or stabbing the baynet into the opposing person.

[stabulous]

@xXGshadow186Xx If Japan "sucks" now it's because it is unlawful for them to have an army large enough to attack anything. They're only allowed to defend after WWII.

[Phead128]

Only China can use 'Ten thousand years' for their Emperor! Korea, Japan, and Vietnam can use 'One thousand year' to their King.

[xxdead2mexx]

@Phead128 China doesnt have emperors anymore

[zoozak]

The japs even invented the 'anti-tank sword technic'.

According to that, Jap Soldiers were to stick their bayonets through slits on the tank and kill the crew. Banzai everywere.

Of course, it was ineffective as hell.

[zoozak]

Good thing that japanese commanders were so fucking dumb.

Too bad for the soldiers fighting though.

[xxdead2mexx]

@zoozak You clearly do not understand bushido...

[zoozak]

@xxdead2mexx That so-called "samurai spirit" is something the Japanese didn't even know of, until an englishman who traveled about Japan came home and wrote about the 'samurais'. The book itself was rather a fiction than real experiences. Then the Europeans kept talking about how fantastic their bushido is and so on. It was then, when the japanese actually heard of this 'bushido'. Funny story, what?

[Kathrinoyo]

@zoozak yeah, cool story bro'. If you really believe this garbage, you should stay under medical supervision. Now get lost.

[zoozak]

@Kathrinoyo Hahahaha I don't believe in it, it is just a fact. How do you want to explain that in old japanese literatures or documents the word 'bushido' never comes up? Prove me wrong, loser. If you can't, just shut up.

[Kathrinoyo]

@zoozak Should I send you this "old japanese literature" by myself or will you google for it? "Genji Monogatari" - the first court literature of japan, early 11th century. P. 443 "bushi dorogami", first basement of the term. "Heike Monogatari", early 11th century about the Genpei War, P. 53 "bushido" as a lean-word to describe the way, the uprising class of samurai positioned themselves in society. The word itself became common around 1715 and was not introduced by and englishman or

[Kathrinoyo]

@zoozak Nitobe Inazo. Don't believe all this shit from wikipedia, it's mostly wrong. And so is your attitude. Go read, study, grow a pair and come back to me as man, shittyboy.

[zoozak]

@Kathrinoyo I didn't get that from Wikipedia. That was just a little help for you. I said prove me wrong, loser. Just raging around doesn't support your point. Didn't your teachers told you how to discuss properly?

[Kathrinoyo]

@zoozak Erm. Did you even try to read my post? Or do you just dismiss it, because it proves you wrong? You know, all the facts that I brought up. But sure, stay with your attitude. It'll bring you far in your life, I guess. And even judging from your fake-age in your pussy-ass account, I could be your teacher, sissyboy.

[PROkiller16]

At least us Europeans actually aim to kill people along the way.

Bayonet charges are lethal.

[PolishWingedHussar10]

@PROkiller16 Yeah and the Poles espiecialy during their 1939 defensive campaign. Poles probaly were the masters in hand-to-hand combat among all other european states and they had greatly proved it in defending their country from the germans. Fighting for Muzylowice village on the night of 15/16th september was the greatest triumph of polish infantry in bayonet fighting

[PROkiller16]

@PolishWingedHussar10 Christ! How far did you go back to see my comment?!

[PolishWingedHussar10]

@PROkiller16 Long long way LOL :) people often when they talk about very well trained soldiers in hand-to-hand in ww2 they usually mean Japanese and that Europeans abandoned that kind of fighting as too risky. And they're mistaken because poles still considered bayonets as still useful tool in war. They weren't making suicidal charges on MG nests bur very cleverly uproached enemy and then jumped on them with bayonets and they were very very effective in that matter, demoralizing the enemy

[PROkiller16]

@PolishWingedHussar10 Suicidal? Pah! We still use it!

[MrMrUSMC]

Those guys have balls.  I would never be able to do that.

[zoozak]

Good thing you can't do it, because that means you don't lack the brain to think about how meaningless such an head-on charge is. 

[T4mp10]

@MrMrUSMC

Officers pistol can do quite big miracles.

[pqwilrj]

The Japanese were brave, you definitely have to give them that.

[zoozak]

@pqwilrj

I give them that they lacked the brain to think about the dumbness of their futile BONSAI charge.

[pqwilrj]

@zoozak Yeah, same with the North Koreans.

[zoozak]

@pqwilrj

Well, there you go. Clearing up the question whether im a North Korean or not (which I am NOT), is one entirely irrelevant aspect which you can't bring up when discussing about bravery / stupidity of japanese banjai charge.

I can tell you that with your smart-ass statement, you just made clear that you can't think but only troll around, pathetically looking into the channel of others to get onto higher ground above their heads. Well, fail for you. :)

[TectonicPower]

Banzai radioactive isotope.

[YoungKoolness17]

LETS DRINK!!!

[ACX352395]

love how the dude says banzai :P

[TheJunoo]

hahah Japs have small cocks hahahah~~~~~just fcuk 'em up ~~

[WolfytheWolf5667]

@TheJunoo

Japanese took down the entire Millitary might of the British Empire in the pacific.

the A-Bomb was needed as NO naval units (not even the superior HMS dreadnought) could withstand the Japanese naval might. without that bomb, the Japanese would have won. or we would have 3+ million casualties.

[TheJunoo]

@WolfytheWolf5667

hopefully bud~~~ Possibly NAZI GERMANY rather than poor Japs budsss~~~~Oh yeah, EvenTalibans/ Al Qaeda ALSO can win with ICBMs.Hahaahahaha~~~~

[WolfytheWolf5667]

@TheJunoo

Well we do have anti-nuclear defences. Plus their leader is dead.

So basically we can just piss on their book and they can't do shit. We've slaughtered them before. See that speck on the map? Britain? yeah, that's the thing that controlled 1/4 of the world.

Meaning...

This country can so destroy them. However we had bad leadership. David Cameron. The twat.

[TheJunoo]

@WolfytheWolf5667

Surely bud~~ Common sense!!

[CraniumZGamingZ]

@WolfytheWolf5667 maybe not won since America could produce more things and had all the supplies. Not one country could send Oil and supplies to Japan to help therefor since the Americans could produce more, Japan would have surrendered, but hey, thats history.

[WolfytheWolf5667]

@CraniumZGamingZ

well as I said, we'd still have a lot of casualties fighting Japan's strong navy.

[CraniumZGamingZ]

@WolfytheWolf5667 True

[WolfytheWolf5667]

@CraniumZGamingZ

Not to mention their anime schoolgirls and monsters would tear us to pieces. :)

YAY STEREOTYPES!

[ticklelemonade]

Honor, some, maybe most. Others probably got forced to do it.

[Goatoftheforest]

Thankfully they didn't have the industrial might of the Allies because the Japanese were some of the bravest and toughest fighting men of the war.

[zqdz123]

our chinese army also do the same thing,see korean war.

in 1km area 7500 dead.

they are ture very brave ,but it made our life cheap.we have simple no resprect of own life.

[Kiminz104]

they was all insaned

[WolfytheWolf5667]

0:13

Even in real-life they look like Anime schoolgirls.

[Thelucasso2]

During the Pacific War against the Allies, it was told they practiced more stabing then shooting. Typical Japs. Anyway why would they do that? No ones lived through this to tell us this technique does not work.

[reactri]

after i've seen this video, i asked my grandpa who lives with me to watch this video and i asked him if thats how a banzai charge really looked like. he just said to replay the part where the jap is dead and sliding down the hill. im guessing he doesnt like japanese people

[Chrismonchan]

@reactri Or he's trying to show you what he's seen or remembers as the result of a banzai charge.

[reactri]

@Chrismonchan hes my grandpa, i would know

[kingbleah]

shout banzai at yer nuke stations

[TheRapper10000]

In Europe and the USA, we did Bayonet charges and those became outdated by the invention of the riffle musket which fired up to 300 to 400 yrds. Those were just blood baths like Pickett's charge and the Battle of Waterloo. These Asian commands should have read up on history about charging your enemy in open field is just madness and sucide.

[KPopVision]

@TheRapper10000 But the Banzai charge was used as a "Last Resort" tactic to sacrifice yourself for the pride of your country.

[MIKHAIL1181]

BANZAI CHARGE

"PANSAI CHARGE" MEANS POOPING

[liamops36]

gay mate u fail at life

[CrazyPockyJunkie]

I know who I dont want on my COD team..freggin "LEEEERRRROY"

[dishwasherman83]

Unfortunately with the invention of the semi automatic rifle (non bolt action) and the rapid fire belt fed Machine Gun, such tactics were rendered obsolete.

[StarfireAlpha]

@dishwasherman83 This tactic is suitable in China or if you're a Soviet commander decide to overrun German position

[dishwasherman83]

@StarfireAlpha

Agreed, if you outnumber your enemy at least 4 to 1, perhaps it might be a good tactic with shock factor.

But when you're up against an opponent like the American soldier armed with at least a semi automatic weapons, whereas the Japanese were on bolt action, it is almost suicidal. The Japanese continued to employ Banzai charges so that the can die an "Honorable" death.

[squirlysquirly969]

it must have been hell running through all that crossfire only armed with a bayonet

[xXMonteCristoXx]

@squirlysquirly969 no one would know, anyone who decided to participate in such a charge isnt alive anymore

[larsedge]

What documentary is this from?

[Infaereld]

Banzai (万歳) literally means "10, 000 years" as in "May the emperor live for 10, 000 years." Back then it was a partriotic utterance but nowdays it is simply a cheer like "Hip-hip Hooray!" You can still here it at Japanese sports events.

Love them or hate them, you have to admire the courage of those Japanese boys and men who died fighting for their country. May they rest in peace.

[xxuncexx]

@Infaereld rest in hell =)

[bob18robert]

@Infaereld i think i would shit my pants if i was in japanese forrest and heard "banzai!!!!"

[Hardrada88]

I thought banzai meant 10,000 years like a cry of joy. was told when tennohhieka was applied thats something to do with the emporer. in our group (living history) we usually say it three times, arms raised each time.also the japanese bayonet was the longest in the war ;) and the most effective hehe

[antiadolph]

the banzai charge in RA3 is much more effective than they did in the WW2

[unixjpn]

@antiadolph

HAHA, i was playing call of duty world at war for the PC and one of the scenario stages was the US fighting in the trenches against the Japanese and they were referring to the Japanese soldiers as the "BANZAI JUMPERS" They come rushing at you with there Arisaka rifle that has a attached short samurai blade on the nozzle while screaming "BANZAI"!!! trying to stab you in the heart.

[antiadolph]

@unixjpn oh, the Japanese soldiers(known as imperial warriors in game), they never really yelled "BANZAAAAA!!" during the charge, they'd made some samurai styled battle-cry instead. But still, the banzai charge in that game is very deadly against any kind of infantry, one strike one killed!

[Nitoryuu]

Man, troops back in those old wars had guts lol. japanese banzai charges, american troops running straight at MG fire on Dday, unarmed russian troops also running straight at MG fire at stalingrad, etc etc

[headshotz2weak]

wow, that's so horrible... i can't believe they did that!

[gta1172]

There are Japanese exchange students at my school and i yelled ou tenna hieka Banzai a them xD

[AnotherAZNmale]

@gta1172 you're cool, racist 

[cloud86735]

Banzai means 10 thousand years, it is a more quick way of saying it and it refers to the emperor staying strong and alive. Saying Tennoheika banzai means Long live the emperor.

[xboxrulez12]

The first time the Marines saw that they proabably sat there and said something like:

Japanese: Tennokieka, BANZAI!

Marines: What the fuck are they doing?

Marine Captain: Cut 'em down.

[al1ad2]

banzai means 10 thousand years, not long live the emporer

teno heika banzai means 10 thousand years to the emporer

or "long live the emporer" so say the full phrase you douche bag

thats right, im arguing with a narator XD

[ReyMysterioRO]

teno heika banzaaaai

[ghostavenger1988]

CoD WaW

[franchescolopez]

we bring honor to the emperor and all of japan!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zolleen]

if you dont time the stab button you die :P

[Coins4Cheese]

In China, banzai charges were actaully effective because Chinese troops didn't have a very high volume of fire. But in the pacific, it didn't work that way.

[sam9116]

@Coins4Cheese chinese didn't care,they took their bayonets and war sword and stopped the japs with their heads fall to the ground.actually it was the chinese that doe banzai charges all the time since they didn't have the munition and firepower

[eclipzedragon]

@Coins4Cheese i thought the chinese troops started using chinese swords to counter it

[renno103]

@Coins4Cheese No, they were effective because the countries at the other side of the world to Europe and USA still fought like it was World War 1.

[mackshayster]

@Coins4Cheese the chinese used bolt action rifles and had few machineguns or mortars, so the attack gained momentum and overran chinese positions, while the americans brought concentrated firepower and their favorite tactic of close artillery support to bear against the japanes which devastated the charge.

[LoggotyroX32]

0:23 that scene is in CoD World at War. :D

[relmmih6]

i would be very scared aswell if i was attacked by a load of small trees

[khalistanikharkoo]

when the japanese used the banzai charge...they had acknowledged that they were going to loose the battle and so it would be perfect time to seek a glorious death which is instructed to them by the bushido...if i had to pick between surrendering like a coward or dieing a glorious death as a warrior on the battlefield...then it would have t be the glory everytime!!!...everyones going to die eventually..better to die with your honour intact!

[Fram1996]

Tennoheikka banzai!

[Slypaperclips]

Banzai actually means 'ten thousand years'

[Doobierun]

@Slypaperclips LMAO wrong as Usual.. It actually means may you LIVE 10 thousand years - you can't even get your research right????? Too funny

[Dreamheaven92]

the sight of people running with blades toward you full speed during the night with nothing to lose would make me panic indeed

i rather get killed by an instant head shot than bleed to death with a severed limb if that's what you are asking

[mexicanupcopsass]

lol owned at 0:45

[jjjamil123haterclub]

@mexicanupcopsass Boy would I be laughing my ass off if that was you ;)

[LastXdeth]

It must be very thrilling to do a banzai charge, but its almost worthless against the Allies' automatic weapons.

[johnzkeePW]

meh, 2 barricaded stationary mg's are enough to hold em out.

or another banzai charge using a vehicle.

[bobbymay2509]

i think a banzai charge might work if you split the force, you have half the force lay down covering fire and the other half charge in, once there in the line the other force can advance in. it would work better if you used tanks to, have them blizts one of the flanks (preferably the side with the heavy weapons.)

[sawu101]

@bobbymay2509 lol remember they used this as a last resort not a tactical advantage so your idead proves nothing

[bobbymay2509]

@sawu101 i was just trying to come up with a way to use the banzi charge (bayonet charge) a more viable option for modern combat.

if i ever find myself in charge of a army i'll exspariment. lol

[GloriousOtaku]

天皇陛下万歳！！！

大日本帝國万歳！！！

[OUTLAW767]

wow.........that must be like hell running through there like that.

their uniforms are very smart! :0