In the days leading up to mc arthur's return to the philippines, the japanese lose something like 700 planes. In most of these cases, you're losing the pilots too. The one place they can actually put up a good fight is when it comes to their own people's willingness to fight to the death. But all the bushito spirit in the world doesn't make your aircraft better,. So they suffer terribly.
When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.