When ones first thought of Japan is sushi, it usually is not far off from a typical American. In the 1940’s Americans were thinking about what to do about those “Commi Japs” out east. Ever since they bombed Pearl Harbor, no American could get the Japanese off his or her mind and it led us into a hard rough next few years fighting World War II. Germany was tough, but fighting Japan was the real challenge, mostly because of their armies mindset, which was never surrender. So they would go in guns blazing no matter the danger to their lives. Most of the time they would end up dying but not before taking out plenty of Allies Knowing that, America had to think hard about their strategy for the Japanese to be able to win the war. They decided on
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The first thing they noticed was the fact that Japan was a lot of islands. So they decided to do island hopping. Island hopping is the strategy of going from island to island taking it over and setting up base there, then moving on to the next island until eventually reaching the mainland of Japan. Island hopping works perfectly on Japan because they are an archipelago. The first campaign of the island hopping was the attack on Gilbert Islands. The first island attacked was Makin. They were very unprepared for the attack; the base did not have any planes or boats. The USA came through the air dropping bombs in the middle of the island. The Japanese were expecting a land attack, and it was too late when they realized they could not defend only the beaches. It was an easy victory for the Americans, only taking about 2 days and losing only around one hundred lives. Then came the island of Tarawa, it was a region of thirty-eight islands that were surrounded by coral reefs. The Japanese thought that Tarawa was undefeatable. Japanese admiral Keiji said, “A million men cannot take Tarawas in 100 years.” For defense in Tarawa there were coastal guns like most …show more content…
Saipan was an island near the Philippines that were guarded by both the army and the navy of Japan. To start the attack, as usual, the American navy fired artillery onto the island to try and clear as much as they can and make the lives of the ground troops easier to capture the island. But, this time the artillery had little effect. But they still had to attack and keep up to schedule. What was called D-day for japan on June 15, 1944, they landed on the beaches of Saipan and began to charge under heavy fire. After at first being wiped out, they ended up setting up a defensive perimeter on the edge of the island. This made it easier for more waves of troops to come along and be able to keep pushing the Japanese more and more inland, because the perimeter was strong. Saipan had mountainous terrain that when the Japanese retreated into it, they hoped it could be used to their advantage. But the US was not backing down, they marched towards them and flanked them. One by one they took over every mountain that stood in its path. Then when the Japanese were pushed to a small tip of the island, they made one last stand. The around three thousand remaining troops charged straight towards the American line hoping to do as much damage as they could. The first line of defense was broken through, but they were quickly eliminated by the marines that were waiting behind the first line of
The first thing they noticed was the fact that Japan was a lot of islands. So they decided to do island hopping. Island hopping is the strategy of going from island to island taking it over and setting up base there, then moving on to the next island until eventually reaching the mainland of Japan. Island hopping works perfectly on Japan because they are an archipelago. The first campaign of the island hopping was the attack on Gilbert Islands. The first island attacked was Makin. They were very unprepared for the attack; the base did not have any planes or boats. The USA came through the air dropping bombs in the middle of the island. The Japanese were expecting a land attack, and it was too late when they realized they could not defend only the beaches. It was an easy victory for the Americans, only taking about 2 days and losing only around one hundred lives. Then came the island of Tarawa, it was a region of thirty-eight islands that were surrounded by coral reefs. The Japanese thought that Tarawa was undefeatable. Japanese admiral Keiji said, “A million men cannot take Tarawas in 100 years.” For defense in Tarawa there were coastal guns like most …show more content…
Saipan was an island near the Philippines that were guarded by both the army and the navy of Japan. To start the attack, as usual, the American navy fired artillery onto the island to try and clear as much as they can and make the lives of the ground troops easier to capture the island. But, this time the artillery had little effect. But they still had to attack and keep up to schedule. What was called D-day for japan on June 15, 1944, they landed on the beaches of Saipan and began to charge under heavy fire. After at first being wiped out, they ended up setting up a defensive perimeter on the edge of the island. This made it easier for more waves of troops to come along and be able to keep pushing the Japanese more and more inland, because the perimeter was strong. Saipan had mountainous terrain that when the Japanese retreated into it, they hoped it could be used to their advantage. But the US was not backing down, they marched towards them and flanked them. One by one they took over every mountain that stood in its path. Then when the Japanese were pushed to a small tip of the island, they made one last stand. The around three thousand remaining troops charged straight towards the American line hoping to do as much damage as they could. The first line of defense was broken through, but they were quickly eliminated by the marines that were waiting behind the first line of