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WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE HOLOCAUST

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-1945-The U.S. needed a base near the Japanese coast where planes and ships could return.-The Japanese did not defend the beaches of the island but instead went inland using a series of tunnels and dugouts.-American marines got involved in costly warfare trying to find the Japanese soldiers in the caves, dugouts, and tunnels.
A
Battle of Midway
B
Battle of Iwo Jima
C
Battle of Okinawa
D
Battle of the Bulge
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The main reason Japan would not surrender was that it did not want to get rid of the Emperor, a seemingly non-negotiable term for the U.S.

Detailed explanation-2: -General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz employed a strategy of “triphibious” warfare to advance through the Pacific. This strategy involved combing air, land, and sea forces to navigate the challenging geography and distances. Overtime, this strategy came to be known as Island Hopping.

Detailed explanation-3: -Read more in our online classroom. Victory at Okinawa cost more than 49, 000 American casualties, including about 12, 000 deaths. Among the dead was the Tenth Army’s commander, Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., killed on June 18 by a sniper during the final offensive.

Detailed explanation-4: -The battle for Okinawa drug out over nearly three months and included some of the worst kamikaze attacks of the war. By the time Okinawa was secured by American forces on June 22, 1945, the United States had sustained over 49, 000 casualties including more than 12, 500 men killed or missing.

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