Wings of Defeat brings viewers behind the scenes of World War II’s Pacific theater to reveal the truth about the Kamikaze—the “suicide bombers” of their day. Interviews with surviving kamikaze, rare battle footage and Japanese propaganda reveal a side of WWII never before shown on film. American vets from the greatest generation tell harrowing tales of how they survived attacks. Wings of Defeat shatters the myth of the fanatical kamikaze to reveal a generation of men forced to pay for an empire’s pride with their lives.

"Wings of Defeat is a remarkably fascinating documentary, as well as a major contribution to our understanding of the history of World War II, from a heretofore untold point of view–that of the Kamikaze pilots whose training and contributions to the Japanese cause have long been shrouded in myth." –Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University

"...revelatory doc about the one-way pilots of the Japanese Imperial Forces. Production values are top-notch, the archival material is first-rate, and used to wonderful effect." –John Anderson, Variety