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With Germany and Italy defeated, the focus switched to ending the war with Japan…

With Germany and Italy defeated, the focus switched to ending the war with Japan…. With Germany and Italy defeated, the focus switched to ending the war with Japan…. …and bringing an…. End to the Island Hopping Campaign. Iwo Jima & Okinawa. How to Island Hop with General Douglas MacArthur:.

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With Germany and Italy defeated, the focus switched to ending the war with Japan…

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  1. With Germany and Italy defeated, the focus switched to ending the war with Japan…

  2. With Germany and Italy defeated, the focus switched to ending the war with Japan…

  3. …and bringing an… End to the Island Hopping Campaign Iwo Jima & Okinawa

  4. How to Island Hop with General Douglas MacArthur: 1. Bomb 2. Invade 3. Build an airfield to bomb the next island

  5. Island Hopping onIwo Jima Mt. Suribachi

  6. Island Hopping on Iwo Jima • Bomb: 2. Invade: 3. Build an airfield:

  7. Island Hopping on Iwo Jima • Bomb: 74 days in a row 2. Invade: 3. Build an airfield:

  8. Island Hopping on Iwo Jima • Bomb: 74 days in a row 2. Invade: 110,000 US vs. 22,000 Japanese 3. Build an airfield:

  9. Island Hopping on Iwo Jima • Bomb: 74 days in a row 2. Invade: 110,000 US vs. 22,000 Japanese 3. Build an airfield: Already there, used for bombers and fighters to destroy Japanese cities.

  10. Link to Iwo Jima Clip

  11. Iwo Jima Casualties 6,821 US Dead 20,000 US Wounded Nearly all 22,000 Japanese fought to the death.

  12. 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.

  13. 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

  14. Link to Okinawa Clip

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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…

  18. 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.

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