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End to the Island Hopping Campaign
…and bringing an…
Iwo Jima & Okinawa
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1. Bomb
2. Invade
3. Build an airfield to bomb the next island
How to Island Hop with General Douglas MacArthur:
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Mt. Suribachi
Island Hopping on Iwo Jima
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1. Bomb:
Island Hopping on Iwo Jima
3. Build an airfield:
2. Invade:
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1. Bomb: 74 days in a row
Island Hopping on Iwo Jima
3. Build an airfield:
2. Invade:
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1. Bomb: 74 days in a row
Island Hopping on Iwo Jima
3. Build an airfield:
2. Invade: 110,000 US vs. 22,000 Japanese
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1. Bomb: 74 days in a row
Island Hopping on Iwo Jima
3. Build an airfield: Already there, used for bombers and fighters to destroy Japanese cities.
2. Invade: 110,000 US vs. 22,000 Japanese
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Link to Iwo Jima Clip
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Iwo Jima Casualties
6,821 US Dead
20,000 US Wounded
Nearly all 22,000 Japanese fought to the death.
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Iwo Jima was used to support the bombing of Japanese cities, and as a staging area for hopping to the next island, Okinawa.
Okinawa was going to be the stepping stone into Japan.
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Okinawa Facts
500,000 Civilians living there before the battle
150,000 Civilians killed during the ugly battle
97,000 Japanese soldiers before the battle
7,000 Japanese soldiers survived the battle
Hundreds of Japanese “Kamikaze” pilots trained to pilots crash into US Navy boats, killing 5,000
Americans
US invasion force of 200,000 soldiers
US casualties, 12,513 dead, 55,000 wounded
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Link to Okinawa Clip
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Okinawa Facts
500,000 Civilians living there before the battle
150,000 Civilians killed during the ugly battle
97,000 Japanese soldiers before the battle
7,000 Japanese soldiers survived the battle
Hundreds of Japanese “Kamikaze” pilots trained to pilots crash into US Navy boats, killing 5,000
Americans
US invasion force of 200,000 soldiers
US casualties, 12,513 dead, 55,000 wounded
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Okinawa Facts
500,000 Civilians living there before the battle
150,000 Civilians killed during the ugly battle
97,000 Japanese soldiers before the battle
7,000 Japanese soldiers survived the battle
Hundreds of Japanese “Kamikaze” pilots trained to pilots crash into US Navy boats, killing 5,000
Americans
US invasion force of 200,000 soldiers
US casualties, 12,513 dead, 55,000 wounded
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Iwo Jima was used to support the bombing of Japanese cities, and as a staging area for hopping to the next island, Okinawa.
Okinawa was going to be the stepping stone into Japan…
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Iwo Jima was used to support the bombing of Japanese cities, and as a staging area for hopping to the next island, Okinawa.
Okinawa was going to be the stepping stone into Japan…but the atomic bombings forced a surrender before the invasion began.