The 80 Days Of War

In the novel “Tomorrow When the War Began” written by John Marsden, one important idea that was developed throughout the written text was how life events change people. People develop the most during their teenage years which is when they are affected the most during their life.Major life events change people and teenagers need to understand this. In this novel, seven teenagers go camping and when they emerge from the bush there are fires everywhere, the power is out and the animals are dead. The small town of Wirrawee has been invaded by the army. The idea of how life events can change people is shown through the technique of characters. With the events of war, Ellie showed how she grew up and lost her innocence because of the choices she

' 'No one who was at Iwo Jima can analyze the battle objectively. The carnage was so horrifying that the blood and agony of the struggle saturated one 's mind . . . Iwo was unlike any war I had ever seen. It was a fight to the finish, with no man asking for quarter until he was dead . . . all except a few score of the

There were 26,000 casualties and 6,800 dead Americans at Iwo Jima, with 20,000 casualties and 1083 dead Japanese. (1. "Battle for Iwo Jima, 1945." The Navy Department Library) At Okinawa there were 65,000 American casualties and 14,000 dead, while the Japanese lost 70,000 soldiers out of the 130,000 stationed on Okinawa. (2. "Battle of Okinawa." History.com) The bloodshed from these two battles gave the Americans a taste of the militaristic Japanese, and that a battle for the homeland of Japan would be astronomically worse. The Japanese were prepared to use any means necessary to stop the Americans because of “Yamato Damashii”, which was a virtue of the samurai that went hand in hand with the Bushido code, and it made the Japanese value the country and the emperor above all else, and that fighting to the death was greater than surrender. and it came in the form of Kamikaze attacks, suicide troops, and guerilla warfare. At Okinawa, 193 kamikaze attacks were launched at the Americans damaging 368 ships and destroying 36. (3. "The Battle of Okinawa." History Learning Site) The Japanese were prepared to sacrifice everything they had to destroy American ships and troops. The Japanese also used their own people to fight against the Americans.

imposed upon Japan. While the Japanese soldiers were likely mentally prepared for this battle the U.S. soldiers were not. In fact, some troops that fought in the battle, 2nd lieutenants Kenneth Taylor and George Welch, were still in tuxedoes from a party the night before. With it being December, it was holiday season for the troops in the U.S. which could provide a mixture of happy and sad feeling for those that were away from their families. After the attack, the mood of these troops changed to a more somber and determined mindset as they prepared to say goodbye to the ones that were killed and to go to

Important fact regarding your topic: The Battle was in the middle of World War 2, the battle was between Japan and America, America was trying to seize Iwo Jima

Paul Fussell article states that in PFC E. B. Sledge memoir With the Old Breed at Pelieu and Okinawa. As the U.S military fights closely to the mainland of Japan, the fighting in the surrounding islands in Iwo Jima and Okinawa was getting more vicious than in previous fights and that having a new land invasion would be a “ghastly bloodletting” and would shock the American public and the world ( Fussell, pg. 16). The Japanese were ruthless fighters and would never give up and would die for their country. It was said that every Japanese soldier, woman and children would fight from coast to coast (Fussell pg. 17). The Japanese code bushido meaning “the way of the warrior” meant that surrendering was absolutely dishonorable to the Emperor and the country and most soldiers would prefer to take their own lives rather than surrender to the enemy (Correll Enola Gay). The Japanese were prepared to take as much casualties as possible with an estimation of commitment of 2.3 million troops (Correll Enola Gay). Yes the atomic bomb would kill thousands of civilians but these civilians may have been trained to commit suicide runs against the allies if an invasion was put through (Fussell pg. 17). With the

The attack on Pearl Harbor was on the 7th of December 1941. This was an unexpected military attack that was conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was against the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii. The short terms effects are the loss of naval bases, air forces and also is the amount of people that were killed during this attack. The long-term effect was how the Japanese got America involved due to this event that then led to World War II.

On Easter Sunday of 1945, thousands of U.S. troops stormed the beaches of Okinawa in an almost a D-Day like assault. There was one difference however, they encountered virtually zero resistance, In fact they crossed the entire island without encountering any direct Japanese assaults, instead various rogue and third rated soldiers. The Japanese had changed their tactics; instead of assaulting the intruders at the beach to maximize their defense, they went into hiding, virtually conceding both of the Islands main airfields. The new game plan was to use their land to their advantage, play by their own terms, and hide out deep within the southernmost part of the island and wait for the Americans to walk right over them. What ensued would turn into the bloodiest battle of the pacific war, and the second bloodiest battle of WWII following only D-Day.

‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’, written by John Marsden, is the first of seven books from the Tomorrow series. Through the first person perspective of the character Ellie Linton, Marsden told the story of a group of teenager who found themselves in the war zone after coming back from a bushwalking trip to 'Hell'. They later came to the realisation that an unknown force had invaded their country. In order to survive, the group had to stick with each other and fight to win back their town. The characters changed as the story progressed, they become more independent, they think more strategically and built a stronger bond between each other. Marsden used various text features like the narrative point of view, symbolism and contrast to draw sympathy from the audience.

Okinawa had trees that was littered on hills that had a reach of 505 meters high. This was advantage for the Japanese that was above the American troop. Japanese also used coral and limestone to blend in with the environment as a camouflage.They used the island’s natural obstacles and enhanced them , to throw their enemy off

May 22, 1967: Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israel, cutting off their supply route to Asia and supply of oil. By international law this is an act of war.

Militaries, intelligence analysts, and policy makers have had to face complex and delicate problems like issues of surprise attacks in their respective countries. Such rare occurrences are particularly true for nations like Israel, as demonstrated in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War. It was on October 6, 1973, the “Day of Atonement” for Jews locally called Yom Kippur, when Israel was surprisingly attacked along its Golan Heights and on its positions in the much-contested Sinai Peninsula by Syrian and Egyptian forces. The invaders had an advantage over their rivals as most Israeli soldiers were observing Yom Kippur away from their usual posts. The vaunted Israeli commanders sent the Israeli Defense Forces reeling, eventually beating back the offensive.

World War II consisted of many devastating battles in both the European and the Pacific Theater. The Battle of Okinawa was fought in the Pacific theater. In the beginning of the battle there was little opposition from the Japanese soldiers but as the American troops traveled more inland the more resistance they met. Eventually, the 10th Army came against the fierce challenge of the intricate defense lines the Japanese held up. Many caves and pillboxes in the hills created a formidable challenge for American troops. Slowly though the Allies gained ground and continued to push back the defensive lines of General Ushijima and his troops. The Japanese tried to use kamikaze air and land attacks as successful offensive measures, these

Imagine stepping outside and there was a foreign military in control on the street that you live on. Having one 's home invaded by an unfamiliar person is a scary and traumatizing experience. It encourages a person to take more precautionary measures to ensure that their home is safe, but being watchful is not always a guarantee of safety. This concept reflects what the people of Okinawa experienced in the nineteen forties and still struggle with today. The beautiful island of Okinawa is located south of Japan and is composed of several small islands. Okinawa was its own Ryukyu Kingdom before it was annexed by the Japanese in 1879 (mainichi.jp). Today, the Japanese government itself does not truly treat Okinawa as an equal to mainland Japan. In fact, many of the Okinawans do not consider themselves to be Japanese and actively voice that their culture is starkly different than that of the Japanese people. The Japanese government is placing these bases on the Okinawan’s home without consulting them. It is an unfair act upon the locals because their home is being taken from and they can do nothing to stop it. The bases are not only disliked by the locals but it is also harming their marine life and polluting their environment. Mainland Japan is fully capable of housing the new military bases but they would rather throw it on the nonviolent island of Okinawa.

War has been a part of human culture since it's birth. It has led to a great many massacres and has shown us the evil that exists within the souls of humanity. Some have even gone as far as saying that war is human nature. To better understand the reasons behind war and how it affects others, I've examined several different societies and cultures so as to better understand the necessity of war and see the cause of their external war attitude. To do so, different variables from two topics (military institutions and external war attitude) were matched up and crossed so as to look into the answers to these questions. The variables were then calculated and through these graphs, I was able to find different societies in which