WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of Okinawa
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chester Nimitz, Fifth Fleet commander Adm. Raymond Spruance would oversee the landings and U.S. ground troops would be commanded by Lieut. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 1 April 1945, U.S. ground forces began the Battle of Okinawa. The objective was to secure the island, thus removing the last barrier standing between U.S. forces and Imperial Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Taking Okinawa would provide Allied forces an airbase from which bombers could strike Japan and an advanced anchorage for Allied fleets. From Okinawa, US forces could increase air strikes against Japan and blockade important logistical routes, denying the home islands of vital commodities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Truman’s decision to authorize the use of the atomic bomb was directly influenced by the bloodbath on Okinawa. He feared that an invasion of Japan would look like ‘Okinawa from one end of Japan to the other’, and that it would cost the US military more than a million dead and wounded.