[1] The Jibakutai numbered c. 50,000 members who received training in Cibarusah, Bogor Regency for two months, supervised by Imperial Japanese Army Captain Yanagawa.
These troops were recruited by the Empire of Japan to face the Allies in urban warfare following their anticipated arrival in the Indonesian archipelago.
The main weapons in the Jibakutai arsenal were their suicidal courage and fighting spirit (精神, "seishin") to repel the invaders.
The Jibakutai remained separate and renamed themselves Barisan Berani Mati (BBM; "Dare to Die Front").
The Indonesian side instead saw this as proof that they had the same courage required to defend their homeland as the Japanese kamikaze who dared to crash their aircraft into Allied warships.