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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, kamikaze pilots did exist, so there had to be a certain level of what you're calling "brainwashing".

And unless it's also a myth (completely possible), but weren't there Japanese soldiers found on an island years after the war had ended who were convinced that it was still going on?