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	Banzai charge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Banzai charge is a term derived from the Japanese samurai spirit and ideology of not accepting the shame of defeat.
		Banzai is literally translated as "Ten thousand years" but more accurately "Long Live" and was a Japanese motto during the war.
		The Kamikaze strategy used in World War II is a good exemplification of the banzai charge, although the banzai charge is used mainly for infantry troopers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Banzai_charge (163 words)

	Bonsai (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buckaroo Banzai, a character from the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
		Banzai (The Lion King), a hyena character from the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King
		The Banzai Drop is a professional wrestling move
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bonsai_(disambiguation) (168 words)

	The Devil's Brigade: The Saddle
		Charge (adapted Banzai rules): Any U.S. group containing a SL or ASL can declare a Charge as its sole action for that turn by playing a Movement card sideways (regardless of the presence of pinned men).
		If a Charging group is at RR5 to a target group at the start of its turn, all of its members perform Close Combat as the sole action of that group for that player turn and all succeeding turns until there are no longer any opposing forces at RR5.
		A Charging group can perform Close Combat at RR5 even while on a Wire card, but the Charging group suffers a -1 modification to its CCV for each Wire card it is attacking from.
	www.relativerange.com /rrnl/rr07/saddle.htm (800 words)

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		Although the banzai charge triples the attack strength, this comes after halving the strength for the automatic fatigue placed on the charging units.
		Other advantages conferred to charging units are that the terrain cost of the assaulted hex is reduced to zero (making longer charges attractive) and terrain protective effects are nullified (for both defender and attacker).
		A couple of significant drawbacks that accompany such attacks are that retreat results are ignored (they reduce strength points instead) and the terrain effects modifier of whatever hex occupied by banzai units is increased slightly (this lessens the effect of the terrain modifier because they are not using cover as effectively).
	www.wargamer.com /reviews/rising_sun/page2.asp (768 words)

	Go For Broke National Education Center >> History >> Historical Information >> Campaigns
		The next day, was the first “banzai charge.” A sergeant mistakenly heard that one of the most respected officers in the battalion was wounded or captured.
		The men yelled “banzai” and swarmed the area, a move that later in the war would be used again to rescue a lost battalion.
		The “banzai charge” occurred because of the men’s concern for each other.
	www.goforbroke.org /history/history_historical_campaigns_landing.asp (605 words)

	Medal of Honors for Korean War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Observing 2 enemy soldiers endeavoring to capture a friendly machinegun, he charged and killed both with his bayonet, regaining control of the weapon.
		In a frenzied banzai charge the numerically superior enemy seriously threatened the security of the planned route of withdrawal and isolation of the small force.
		Again leading his men in a daring bayonet charge against this position, firing his carbine and throwing grenades, 2d Lt. Kyle personally destroyed 4 of the enemy before he was killed by a burst from an enemy submachinegun.
	www.bragg.army.mil /18abn/mohkor.htm (2566 words)

	"Always Faithful" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jacobson and Kurt were caught during the Battle of Guam in the fierce opening fires of what was to be the greatest Japanese banzai charge of the Pacific war.
		Soon the Japanese were out front screaming "Banzai," waving swords, flinging grenades and dynamite charges, and being mowed down by patient machine-gunners.
		Tubby alerted PFC Guy M. Wachstetter, and he was able to nail three Japanese charging in at high port—one-two-three—despite the melee and darkness.
	www.mca-marines.org /Leatherneck/Mayfaithful.htm (1488 words)

	Banzai Counterattacks
		A banzai counterattack by the Japanese during World War II was typically the outcome of an operational failure, becoming the final effort to turn the tide of battle, or die in the attempt.
		The soldiers were indoctrinated that, in the event of a Banzai charge, they were to kill themselves to avoid capture, if the counterattack failed.
		The extreme behavior of the banzai charge* without regard to casualties is supposedly rooted in the ancient samarai Bushido code of death, honor, and loyalty to the emperor.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1775.html (359 words)

	Definition of charge - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		charge of the home office> c : the ecclesiastical jurisdiction (as a parish) committed to a clergyman d : a person or thing committed to the care of another
		6 a : a formal assertion of illegality charge of murder> b : a statement of complaint or hostile criticism charges of nepotism that were leveled against him>
		7 a (1) : a violent rush forward (as to attack) charge of the brigade> (2) : the signal for attack charge> b : a usually illegal rush into an opponent in various sports (as basketball)
	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=charge (192 words)

	War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Emphasizing discipline, loyalty, courage and death before dishonor, the Bushido ethic of the samurai of feudal Japan was entrenched in the mind and in the soul of the 20th century Japanese soldier.
		So many would give their lives in suicidal charges thought to be honorable, their lives given in sacrifice for the Emperor and Japan.
		To Marines and soldiers who experienced a banzai charge, it was fearful.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/Lib/liberation18.htm (977 words)

	Warzone 1st ED FAQ
		If a models back is to another model it would like to charge, it must first spend a move action in order to have LOS, thus making it an eligible target prior declaring a charge against.
		Once declaring the charge, check the range, if the model falls short it does not move and the wait counter is removed.
		Banzai Charge: Clarification: In addition to a Banzai Charge ending with the death of either the banzaing unit or their target, the Banzai charge will also end in these cases.
	home.earthlink.net /~warzone_bob/WZFAQ1.htm (14665 words)

	Mariness WWii - Sergeant "Manila John" Basilone
		Each time the charging enemy had been driven off -- but the weary Marines knew their tough adversaries weren't through.
		The guns were jammed by mud and water and a few yards away the Japanese were forming for another charge.
		At 0300 the final remnants of the Sendai Regiments with their officers prepared themselves for a final Banzai charge.
	www.marineswwii.com /basilone.htm (965 words)

	Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan (D+20-D+23, 5-8 July) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For hours, we could hear them preparing for their banzai attack, as it was the end for them and they knew it.
		All that was left was a final charge, a pouring in of all their troops in one concentrated place with their pledge to take as many of us with them as possible.
		The Japanese had spent the last of their unit manpower in the banzai charge; now it was time for the final American mop-up.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003123-00/sec7.htm (3151 words)

	Called As Seen: Pyrrhic victory coming? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As if that would not be bad enough, these conservatives often castigate those who do ask questions about the wisdom of such a course of action for lacking "principles" or being "squishes".
		I'm opposed to pyrrhic victories and banzai charges on principle.
		And prosecuting the New York Times sounds tailor-made for a pyrrhic victory at best, and a banzai charge at worst.
	calledasseen.blogspot.com /2006/06/pyrrhic-victory-coming.html (210 words)

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		At 4:45 the next morning they emerged from the bush, fueled with sake, some merely armed with cudgels, some with bayonets wired to the ends of sticks, all of them determined to wreak havoc before they fell.
		After the great banzai obliterated their army, depriving them of their protectors, they decided that they, too, must die.
		Below Banzai Cliff U.S. destroyers trying to rescue those who had survived the plunge found they could not steer among so many bodies; human flesh was jamming their screws.
	www.eppc.org /publications/pubID.1824/pub_detail.asp (1229 words)

	106th NY Infantry Regiment during World War Two - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
		The 106th initially fought along a ridgeline near the mountain’s base and in an open valley at the base of the ridgeline, two terrain features that were grimly dubbed Purple Heart Ridge and Death Valley.
		Later in the fight, following the reduction of most of the Japanese defenses and the failure of their Banzai charge, the 106th was instrumental in repelling the second and final Japanese counterattack.
		The 106th participated in the last of the 27th Division’s major fighting when on April 22nd 1944 the 1st battalion put down a small Banzai charge from the western sector of the pinnacle.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /historic/reghist/wwii/infantry/106thInf/106thInfMain.htm (706 words)

	WWII's Kilroy Was Here Miscellany Gremlins, Foo Fighters, Lena the Hyena
		Banzai charges served the Japanese army well in China as it did western armies through WWI but against Marine firepower they turned out to be slaughters.
		This story about Japanese youth on Saipan mentions the banzai charge only in passing but brings new light to it.
		In this case, the banzai charge here was less a tactic that a sad, desperate last attempt to die for the emperor and some four thousand were successful.
	www.kilroywashere.org /005-Pages/Reviews.html (4592 words)

	Belmont Club
		But for now, the false and glittering prize awaits, the operational risks are disregarded.
		This is the logic of the banzai charge and kamikaze operation.
		And if history is no false guide, the banzai charge will take place.
	belmontclub.blogspot.com /2003/12/banzai-on-sunday-homeland-security.html (716 words)

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		American troops learned that, when the Japanese were cornered and out of options, there would be a last, desperate, and suicidal "Banzai" charge.
		Shouting "Banzai" ("Ten Thousand Years"), the Japanese troops would come straight at the Americans.
		Sometimes a Banzai charge would succeed, although the attackers were eventually wiped out.
	www.strategypage.com /qnd/iraq/articles/20060323.aspx (1104 words)

	The Truth - Bravo.
		According to your logic, they must have all survived because "[e]veryday the U.S. fighting man was either fighting the JApanese Banzai charge or the Nazi SS troopers." Not only is this hyperbole (nobody fought EVERY day) it's also non-sensical.
		It was a war of extermination using rifles/knives/ and hand to hand combat.
		Everyday the U.S. fighting man was either fighting the JApanese Banzai charge or the Nazi SS troopers.
	www.comicboards.com /blackpanther/view.php?rpl=051024173555 (1040 words)

	Wizards Community - The Masochist (hit me please)
		On a charge you can deal a minimum of 80 extra damage, healing 40 for yourself in the process, while normally you do a minimum 40 and heal 20.
		The potential for infinate damage seems to be a rules problem, although it is built into Banzai charge.
		The banzai charge is limited by your base attack bonus.
	boards1.wizards.com /showthread.php?s=&threadid=144104&highlight=masochist (2081 words)

	War Times Journal Interview with Guy Gabaldon
		On July 7, 1944, the battle to secure the Japanese occupied island of Saipan peaked in one of the largest banzai charges of the Pacific War.
		He remained under cover and listened as thousands of Japanese troops and some civilians drank sake and noisily prepared for the largest banzai charge of the campaign.
		This tragic and unsuccessful charge ended late that evening, with most of the remaining Japanese returning to their cliff-side positions.
	wtj.com /articles/gabaldon (3686 words)

	Banzai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This brought to mind stories we heard of Jap tactics in past battles such as Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal when the Japanese charged chanting "Marine you die", "Banzai", "Totsugeki" (charge), and "Blood for the Emperor." By the light of the first star shell and subsequent star shells we could see them clearly.
		Then they charged in an all out banzai.
		After repulsing the first attack that came about 2330 hour all was quiet for awhile.
	www.thedropzone.org /pacific/calhoun.html (910 words)

	CombatLeadership.com Heroes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Private Kravitz, an assistant machine gunner attached to Company L, was in a defensive position on strategic key terrain.
		After the friendly elements had repulsed two earlier probing attacks, the enemy launched a fanatical banzai charge with heavy supporting fire and, despite staggering losses, pressed the assault with ruthless determination.
		When the machine gunner was wounded in the initial phase of action, Private Kravitz immediately seized the weapon and poured devastating fire into the ranks of the onrushing assailants.
	www.combatleadership.com /Heroes_Results.asp?MedalID=74 (317 words)

	The Problems with Shrub
		Call me disillusioned, but if Republican presidential aspirant George W. Bush (aka Dubya, aka Bush-lite, aka Shrub) indeed turns out to be our next president, I volunteer to lead the banzai charge over the cliffs of insanity.
		This is one of the things that's led to voter after voter saying that they'd really like to wipe that smug look of self-assurance off Bush's face.
		I volunteer to lead the banzai charge here, too.
	www.siterev.com /~davison/opinion/000228.html (972 words)

	WW2DB: Marianas and the Great Turkey Shoot
		Saito had his own 43rd division under his charge, as well as a mixed brigade, the 47th Independent, supported by various Army and Navy personnel.
		By 5 Jul, despite the bitter political battles that ensued, the remaining Japanese troops were driven to the northern tip of the island.
		While the banzai charge was breaking through American frontlines, Lieutenant General Saito and Vice Admiral Nagumo, after giving orders for such a suicide charge, committed suicide in their respective command bunkers.
	ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=10 (3209 words)

	Urban Dictionary: banzai
		Where when the enemy has weakened their unit to the point where it has no option but to retreat or surrender, they issue a "Banzai" charge in which they rush head first into the enemy and attempt to engage in close combat, usually with bayonets and swords.
		Typically an act of self sacrifice rather then to dishonor their army and country by surrendering to the enemy, an action related to Bushido.
		Banzai is a moron and he is not funny.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=banzai&r=f (419 words)

	Henry's answers about his time during WWII
		Back at the divisional public-relations office, Capt.Fleisher of New York said, "That is the Thirty-second first to start fighting, last to finish." He's just come from talking to some doughs who had started it out almost three full years before by hiking over the Owen Stanley Mountains from Port Moresby to Buna.
		It says they would pole charge the opening and the Japs dug them selves out 3 times and fought with no food or water for days, "rather than surrender,"the Japanese soldiers remained and fought in these caves tell they were all killed."
		Unless he chose to sally forth in a suicidal banzai, he could only wither on the vine.
	www.angelfire.com /hi/RedArrowDivision/ww2.html (6954 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - BAB 20+! (not epic BAB, regular)
		I could go the LD tree down the line to get a few more followers, like some buff wizzies and clerics, etc. but i decided not to (read: got bored).
		Hrankore's trick: He uses the lvl 10 Cavalier ability, Unstoppable charge to get a x7 crit with his scythe (x4 scythe + x4 melee damage = x7 by DnD math).
		Into this, he sinks his entire BAB via PA, plus the Banzai charge from the ronin (which is like PA, but its -AC/+dam, 1:1, min -2, max BAB).
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=78674 (1640 words)

	The Trial of Scar
		He looked bleary eyed around him, and realised that a large number of hyenas were sat on the sides of the rocks looking down on him.
		As he snapped this comment out the light was intensified, and he suddenly became aware of a small electrical charge which was passing through his bonds.
		Remember Scar, you're on trial, we're not, and if you are so un-cooperative we'll have to increase the charge.", Banzai stated.
	www.100megspop2.com /kayasps/main/trial.html (1131 words)

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