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Iwo Jima and Okinawa…

Iwo Jima and Okinawa…. By Jessica Dunaway and Nathania Swasisa. About the battle in Iwo Jima…. When: Started on February 19 th and ended on March 26 th 1945. Significance: This was the first American battle on Japanese homeland. Where: Iwo Jima, Japan.

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Iwo Jima and Okinawa…

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  1. Iwo Jima and Okinawa… By Jessica Dunaway and Nathania Swasisa

  2. About the battle in Iwo Jima… • When: Started on February 19th and ended on March 26th 1945 • Significance: • This was the first American battle on Japanese homeland • Where: Iwo Jima, Japan • What: The American troops invade Iwo Jima to take over and use this land as a base for U.S fighter planes • Iwo Jima was also very close to Saipan where the Americans had they’re bases set up • The capture of Iwo Jima was necessary to provide an emergency landing strip for crippled B-29’s returning from bombing runs • Why: Iwo Jima would serve as a important air base for what later turned out to be the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. • Outcome: Iwo Jima was captured by Americans after just over a month of fighting

  3. In Iwo Jima… • The Americans were covered by extensive naval and air support, capable of putting an enormous amount of firepower onto the Japanese above ground positions • The Japanese positions on the island were heavily protected, A lot of they’re bases were underground. • The U.S forces held an overwhelming advancement in arms and numbers over the Japanese

  4. …The Aftermath • 26,000 Americans were killed or wounded of the 110,000 • After the battle ended nearly all Japanese soldiers were captured, killed or committed suicide. Only 34 survived out of the 18,000 that started. • This Battle was also known as Operation Detachment • Iwo Jima was also the only U.S. Marine battle where the American casualties exceeded the Japanese

  5. Iwo Jima… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y0gdFisD9k

  6. About the battle in Okinawa… • When: started on April 1st and ended on June 22nd 1945 • Significance: • Okinawa, was a large island only 340 miles away from mainland Japan, and was also used as a base for air operations • Where: Okinawa, Japan • What: After Iwo Jima the Americans went on to take over Okinawa • Why: Just like Iwo Jima it served as an important strategic piece of land to make an air base • Outcome: Okinawa fell to the Americans in what was the bloodiest battle of world war II

  7. In Okinawa… • The nickname for this battle was “Typhoon of steel” because the Japanese put up such a forceful resistance against the Americans • Simultaneously, tens of thousands of local civilians were killed, wounded, or committed suicide. • The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused Japan to surrender just weeks after the end of the fighting at Okinawa • The Japanese lost 100,000 men at war

  8. …The aftermath • U.S. losses were over 62,000 casualties of whom over 12,000 were killed or missing • In Iwo Jima there had been no civilians involved, but in Okinawa a large civilian population was killed • According to various estimates, somewhere between 1/10 and 1/3 of them died during the battle • Iwo Jima and Okinawa were basically foreshadowing for the upcoming events of Hiroshima

  9. Okinawa… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Lbv0K8gCs

  10. References… • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa • http://www.history.army.mil/BOOKS/WWII/OKINAWA/ • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426511/Battle-of-Okinawa • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/298382/Battle-of-Iwo-Jima • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima

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