noun
departure of students for the front (in WWII)
Historical term referring to the mass mobilization of university and higher school students into the Japanese military during the final stages of World War II, particularly from 1943 onward.
学徒出陣は、1943年10月に実施された。
The departure of students for the front was carried out in October 1943.
彼の祖父は学徒出陣で戦地に赴いた。
His grandfather went to the battlefield as part of the student mobilization.