A banzai charge is the term used by the Allied forces to refer to Japanese human wave attacks and swarming mounted by infantry units. This term came from the Japanese cry "Tennōheika Banzai" (天皇陛下万歳, "Long live His Majesty the Emperor"), shortened to banzai, specifically referring to a tactic used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War. The said tactic was used when commanders of infantry battalions foresaw that a battle was about to be lost, which was used as a last ditch effort in thwarting US forces or Soviet Army.
A Mexican standoff is a confrontation in which no strategy exists that allows any party to achieve victory. Any party initiating aggression might trigger their own demise. At the same time, the parties are unable to extricate themselves from the situation without suffering a loss - effectively, a situation of mutual zugzwang. As a result, all participants need to maintain the strategic tension, which remains unresolved until some outside event makes it possible to resolve it.

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"Noi nu mergem la răzbel, ba ne și căcăm pe el!"
(soldat Josef Švejk, k.u.k. Heer, 1915)
Şi asta "încă din 1912"... zice Hašek.