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Why Japanese Kamikaze Pilots Obeyed Orders in 1945

In 1945, Japan’s kamikaze program was presented as “voluntary,” but the real mechanism was far more complex. This video explains why Japanese pilots followed orders during kamikaze missions in the final months of World War II, and how the Imperial Japanese Navy Special Attack Corps (Tokkōtai) turned obedience into the only survivable social option. We break down the system behind compliance: military hierarchy, bushidō ideology, wartime propaganda, “volunteer” selection practices, and the intense peer pressure that made refusal feel like betrayal. From recruitment rituals and paperwork to the psychological architecture of honor and shame, this is a history of how institutions can manufacture consent without openly issuing a command. Topics include: kamikaze pilots 1945, Tokkōtai, Admiral Ōnishi Takijirō, the Pacific War’s final phase, and the culture of obedience inside Japan’s wartime military system.