banzai charge

Noun

Meaning

a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'

Source: WordNet

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Although Kuribayashi had forbidden the suicide charges familiar with other battles in the Pacific, the commander of the area decided on a banzai charge with the optimistic goal of recapturing Mount Suribachi. Source: Internet

The old " banzai charge " attack was also discontinued as being both wasteful of men and ineffective. Source: Internet

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