The Kamikaze Hunters

An extraordinary story of courage,valorand dogged determinationthe vivid account of how a few brave young pilots ensured lasting peace during World War II. In May 1945with victory in Europe establishedthe war was all but over. But on the other side of the worldthe Allies were still engaged in a bitter struggle to control the Pacific. And it was then that the Japanese unleashed a terrible new form of warfare: the suicide pilotsor Kamikaze. Drawing on meticulous research and unique personal access to the remaining survivorsWill Iredale follows a group of young men from the moment they signed up through their initial training to the terrifying reality of fighting against pilots whoin the cruel last summer of the warchose death rather than risk their country’s dishonourable defeatΓÇöand deliberately flew their planes into Allied aircraft carriers.