The grim context that led Japan to employ suicide attacks does not excuse the particular failure of Tan No. 2. The operation lacked enough force, a viable path to success, or any serious chance to change the course of the war. A raid did not need to guarantee victory, but its planners committed lives without matching the available means to their stated ends. Military necessity and proportionality provide the standard for judging every decision that followed.
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Why Operation Tan No. 2 was a strategic dead end
Tan No. 2 lacked the force, planning, and credible path needed to achieve its stated aims.