Read the background information as it may help you understand the sources which you are going to evaluate. This activity has to be completed during the National Day school holiday on foolscap paper.
In December 2008, i went to Kagoshima in Kyushu Japan for vacation break. I read much of this place called Chiran which was an hour's drive away from Kagoshima and being always passionate about History, decided that i must visit the war museum. Here marks the site of a military airfield that was established in 1942 and two years later, this place was chosen as the base for the 'Special Attack Forces' whose mission was to crash their bomb-laden planes into American ships - they're better known in the West as the Kamikaze. Hundreds of young men. most of them mere teenages, rallied the call, eager to die for the emperor in true samurai style. Their opportunity came during the battle of Okinawa when 1036 pilots died.
The following are some of the exhibits which were displayed outside the War Museum in Chiran.
Source A: A replica of a B52 bomber used during World War Two.
Source B: A stone slab bearing the names of the Kamikaze pilots who died during their suicide mission.
Source C: A photograph of a Kamikaze pilot taken with his mum and fellow comrades before the suicide mission.
Study Sources A B and C.
How far do Sources A and B support Source C? Explain your answer. [7]
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