Battle of Iwo Jima

missing in action came to 7,844 with the complete casualty total being over 12,000 (D-Day Museum, 2015). Just the invasion of Saipan inflicted 16,525 dead or wounded Americans. The U.S. Marines invaded the small island of Iwo Jima that is on 7.5 miles square and this battle cost 6,821 lives (D-Day Museum, 2015). As you can see the invasions of Pacific islands cost more in human lives than did the invasion of a few beaches. This is not to lessen the heroism shown on Normandy, but the tenacity…

Where? When? What? Why?- Be very specific. The historical context for this piece took place in Hiroshima on Aug 6-9, 1945, America was planning to perform “Operation Downfall”, to assault Japan. However, after witnessing the horror of Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles, America changed the plan and decided to drop atomic bombs on Japanese soil. All of his…

and offered significant accomplishments for Ireland; the gods also had characteristics common to man. The battle between the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Fir Bolgs is a fantastic example of their accomplishments and human traits; by defeating the Fir Bolgs, the gods and non-gods remained in control of the land successfully. While winning the battle of “Mag Tured”, the consequences of the battle resulted in Nuada having his arm removed by the enemy. This indicated that the gods, even with their…

The history portion of this project will focus on major events and dates for the Marine Corps. The United States Marine Corps was first established during the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1775. Men ready and eager to battle were in high demand as the war against England was going to be a grueling one. A man called Samuel Nicholas began the recruiting process for the Marine Corps in 1775. Tun Tavern, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an old local brewery that is widely…

December 7th 1941, the war still raging in Europe between the Axis Powers Block led by Germany in one side and the allies consisting of the United Kingdom, France and Poland in the other side. At the same time in another part of the world, the United States of America was still in its era of isolationism. This era will end at 7:55 am when the Japanese decided to attack Pearl Harbor. The unprovoked attack was a reason enough to rally all the citizens of the US to join World War II. By 1945…

American diverging cultural frameworks, it is highly likely that an invasion alone would not have beget Japanese formal surrender. The root of the matter lies in the fact that American servicemen could not emotionally sustain more combat campaigns like Iwo Jima or, Okinawa and, the invasion into mainland Kyushu promised to be just as deadly. Taking in the full idiosyncrasies of the Pacific—American officials were not willing to risk any more lives in the Pacific meat…

When World War II struck the nation, the United States became known as a super power but not right from the start. America started out being neutral and helping out with the war from only they were selective in who they helped, so America was not being very neutral. America denied aid to Japan and Germany, the United States had even put out an order to shoot German U-Boats on sight. World War II broke out in 1939 and ended by 1945 the United States entered by declaring war on Japan in 1941 after…

gathering. Slowly the corpses start coming and the room has gone silent. One by one in total ten American soldiers were honored that day. Their families lined up on the first three rows grief stricken. The families of past victims of Battle of the Bulge and Iwo Jima offer comfort. As a consequence the Sunday papers read, “America Mourns Again.” Meanwhile someone in the distance compares this day to the heartbreak America felt on December 7, 1941, Pearl…

Every country has its own genocide: Hitler has the Jews, Mussolini butchered his people; Russia has its soldiers; Japan slaughtered the Chinese; and the United States, murdered Native Americans. The U.S. government has tortured and brutally slaughtered millions of Native Americans throughout the centuries following the establishment of the United States Government. They have forced many Native Americans from their homelands and have relocated them to dry, desolate areas unwanted by the…

On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese would stage a surprise attack on the United States in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was the site of the United States Navy’s Pacific base. Under the command of Japan a number of forces would be sent out in order to destroy American naval and air presence in the Pacific to render the United States incapable of stopping Japanese expansion. The results of this attack would be devastating, causing 2, 500 people to be killed and the United States battlefleet to…