The Battle Of Luzon And The Pacific Theater

Iwo Jima was known for one of the most bloody battles in not just the Marine but American history too. The battle began on February 19, 1945 as part of the campaign of the Pacific theatre, and lasted for thirty-six days. Around twenty six-thousand Marines were wounded, which caused Union losses during the battle at Gettysburg. Near the beginning of summer of 1944, American B-29 bombers were ruining the islands. “Iwo Jima proved itself an indispensable asset to the Pacific command.” “Thousands of fighters took off from its runways, and this ‘stepping stone’ served as a staging ground for countless Allied advances.”

Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign (April 1—June 22, 1945) involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan ("Battle of Okinawa," 1996). The Battle of Okinawa remembered more for its iconic photograph of US Marines raising the US flag on Okinawa more so than any other war or battle ever fought. Okinawa the largest of the Ryukus islands played a major role in the American forces overall strategic efforts to advance to the mainland’s of Japan. Because it was the last major battle of WWII, the battle of Okinawa used lessons learned and TTP’s from all previous

Slowly but surely the American soldiers made progress and secured some of the airfields because by the beginning of March, two thirds of the island was captured by American soldiers because they had a strong Marine base and were able to push the Japanese back.

The Battle of the Philippine Sea was an engagement between the United States Pacific Fleet and the Japanese navy in World War II. This Battle occurred started on June 19 and ended on June 20 in 1944. The Japanese goal at the very beginning of this conflict was to discourage American forces by incurring such great damage to the military that the public majority would become weary of the war and discontinue its support of the war. The loss of support from the public would then cause the US Government to retract its forces from Japan.( Willmott, H.P. June 1944. New York, NY: Blandford Press, 1984. ISBN 0-7137-1446-8) Willmott 1984, p. 143.)

I do not think that the United States were the good guys in the Philippine- American war. The only right that we had to be in the Philippines was the right taken from Spain. In many ways the imperialism idea that the U.S. had were undemocratic. The United States at the time was developing and did not have adequate resources to keep military in foreign places. I think that we should have focused on own land. We have a large chunk of land full of growth possibilities. The war was not only brutal on both sides, but it also increased tensions about race. Overall the war did not accomplish much besides hurt both sides. The United States should have stopped their efforts after they met resistance.

The battle of Iwo Jima started off as an amphibious invasion by the Americans; a strong desire for claiming the island to create a base on the land flourishing with the ever-growing American spirit. Three U.S. marine divisions executed a carefully well thought plan during February of 1945. The Japanese were not very well prepared, having roughly 23,000 people defending Iwo Jima, a fifth of how many Americans there were. However, they did have strong beliefs and would refuse to surrender, giving their all to the battle until they died.

In the beginning of war, Japanese victory in Pacific terrified West Cost Americans. Partial victory for Americans appeared when Japanese capital Tokyo was bombed. It was less of a material loss but huge in terms of psychological attack. It was followed by the Battle of Coral Sea in May 1942 and after that the decisive Battle of Midway Island took place. U.S. aircraft carriers destroyed three out of four Japanese carriers that sabotaged their further plans of invasion and they adopted a defensive strategy.

The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II.[6][7][8] Between 3 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. Military historian John Keegan called it "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare."[9]

The battle of the Pacific began when a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941. Simultaneously, other Japanese forces attacked the British colonies of Hong Kong because European nations where focussing on Hitler and Mussolini. This gave Japan a crucial opportunity to take over European colonies in Asia, such as Hong Kong. This Battle, also known as the Battle of Hong Kong involved a Japanese invasion for the purpose of ruling Asia. The Canadians courageously fought from December 8 to 25 to defend the British colony, earning them great respect and gradually leading to their independence as a country. Unfortunately, the defense of Hong Kong did lead to the death of 290 Canadian soldiers in only 17 and a half days

The war in the Pacific was unlike any war the United States had fought up until that time. They couldn’t use their normal ground attack tactics; they had to figure out how to win from above. Unlike in the European front they couldn’t move through and allied country to forge a ground attack against their enemy. They needed to find a way to hit Japan from the air with the added difficulty of the mainland being across an ocean from the target. Before any attack could be launched the U.S. needed supplies in the form of long range bombers. These bombers were extremely important in the Pacific Theater, without them the U.S. wouldn’t have beaten Japan.

The Battle of Midway is considered the turning point in the Pacific War. The Battle of Midway is the result of poor planning and inadequate training of the Japanese, as well as the courage and intelligence of the US forces. The Japanese should have won the battle, but the US did win the battle. It was thought that there is no way the Japanese can lose the battle, but during the battle there was no way that they can win the battle.

By February of the next year, American troops captured the Bataan Peninsula, and successfully attacked Manila in the

I first must discuss the two Generals that were in command during the time of the Philippine-American War one being General Bell and the other General Smith. Out of the two U.S. generals that were in command, General Bell is highly more recognized for various reasons. One reason being that General Bell and General Smith had highly different understandings of warfare.

also on December 7th, the invasion of the Philippines began. A month later the Japanese have managed to fully undertake the capital of the Philippines, Manila. For the next three months Americans and Filipino forces combined to defend their territory. On April 9th , the US and Filipino forces, consisting of about 75,000 troops, surrendered at Bataan from the orders of U.S. General Edward King Jr by the reasons of starvation and disease. After the surrender, the Japanese separated the troops into small groups of about 100 people and forced POW’s to march a 65 mile journey into captivity in San Fernando where thousands more prisoners died because of starvation, disease and mistreatment.

It was shortly after the bombing in Pearl Harbor. The time period was World War II (1939-45) during this time things were unfolding quickly and some important decisions had to be made. General Edward King Jr was in charged and he had to decide what to do or respond to the Bataan Peninsula where which took place on the Philippine Island. This was a battle between the Japanese, Americans, and the Filipino army. In the mist of this battle and fierce fighting, this battle with the Japanese would prove to be too much for General Edward king, the Americans and Filipinos and they would be force to surrender. Both Americans and Filipinos were now considering prisoners of the Japanese. The Filipinos and Americans had to march about 80 miles across the Bataan