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battle than any other battle. It was also the largest armada invasion up to this time in the war. It is regarded as the “classic amphibious assault of World War II. “ (Iwo Jima)� The new U.S. B-29 bombers were able to reach Japanese Home Islands from Saipan and other neighboring islands under their control. The problem was that the Japanese fighters on Iwo Jima were able to intercept them. Having Iwo Jima under U.S. control would allow the U.S. a place to land damaged B-29s.

miles in and around the Japanese capital were incinerated, and between 80,000 and 130,000 Japanese civilians were killed in the worst single firestorm in recorded history. Early on March 9, Air Force crews met on the Mariana Islands of Tinian and Saipan for a military briefing. They were planning a low-level bombing attack on Tokyo that would begin that evening, but with a twist: Their planes would be stripped of all guns except for the tail turret. The decrease in weight would increase the speed

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Island and the nearby islets of Roi and Namur, allowing the Pacific Fleet to advance its assault onto the islands and continue towards the Philippines and the Japan. 25. Battle of Saipan June to July 1944 The battle of Saipan was the US victory of capturing the island of Saipan in Japan. The US wanted to gain control of Saipan to put an air base to access the rest of Japan for bombing purposes. There were many lives lost for both the Japanese and the US armies. However the US cornered the Japanese and

agreed to surrender.This allowed the emperor to be retained.      As the war with Germany drew closer to the end, the Allies waged an increasingly effective war against Japan. After the fall of the Mariana Islands, including Saipan, to the U.S. in July of 1944, the impending defeat of Japan became increasingly apparent to many Allied and Japanese leaders.      As the war with Germany drew closer to the end, the Allies waged an increasingly effective

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The sexual awareness group Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment (PAVE) has created a petition to revoke Bill Cosby’s Medal of Freedom in light of his newly discovered acknowledgement. It was recently discovered that Cosby, accused of raping 40 women, conceded in a 2005 deposition that he acquired drugs for the purpose of giving them to women with whom he wanted to have sex. PAVE’s goal is to get a formal response from the White House with this petition, and will get one if the petition receives

The Pacific Campaign was a series of relentless, ongoing amphibious landings and campaigns that took place among several surrounding islands where naval and air power, rather than large and heavy ground forces, were of utmost importance. In the Pacific Campaign, the Japanese primary targets were the United States Navy and US Marine Corps. The United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and other Allied nations also committed many forces. The Second World War was the largest war that America had

request of General Leslie Groves, Americans dropped nearly 1,300 tons of high explosive bombs on the German thorium ore processing plant at Oranienburg. The above-ground parts of the plant were destroyed and Germans had to stop atomic bomb research. Saipan is 1 of 3 islands of the Marianas. More than 500 ships bearing 128,000 men converged on the Marianas. The Japanese risked all to save the island, but American Task Force 58 found enemy warships and destroyed them. The United States carrier pilots