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TIL that the long-standing notion of late WWII 'Kamikaze' pilots as hyper-nationalist zealots was largely fiction. Many pilots were reluctantly drawn from the educated and liberal in Japan, and many expressed frustration at the futility of their nation's cause and the sanctity of the Emperor.

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