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妻と飛んだ特攻兵 (2013)

妻と飛んだ特攻兵 poster
Genre
non-fiction
Country
Japan

How it feels

This series tells the true story of a Japanese soldier who took his wife aboard his plane for a suicide attack in Manchuria near the end of World War II. It focuses on their final moments and the desperation of the last days of the war.

somberhistoricalintimatebleakquietreflective

What happens

『妻と飛んだ特攻兵 8・19 満州、最後の特攻』(つまととんだとっこうへい 8・19 まんしゅう さいごのとっこう)は、豊田正義による、2013年刊行の日本のノンフィクション書籍。角川書店より出版された。 終戦後の1945年8月19日、満州で避難民をソ連軍から守るため、妻を一緒に乗せた上、体当たりによる攻撃を実施した実在の軍人・谷藤徹夫を題材とした。2015年に文庫本化、テレビドラマ化された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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