HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Pearl Harbor and Guam
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Berlin and Normandy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Death Toll Both sides suffered staggering losses in the Battle of Okinawa. The Americans bore over 49, 000 casualties including 12, 520 killed. General Buckner himself was killed in action on June 18, just days before the battle ended. Japanese losses were even greater-about 110, 000 Japanese soldiers lost their lives.
Detailed explanation-2: -Both engagements occurred towards the end of the Pacific War, as the United States sought to capture strategically important territories ahead of a planned invasion of Japan. Both battles resulted in huge numbers of casualties. As we now know, America’s planned invasion of Japan never happened.
Detailed explanation-3: -On April 1, 1945, more than 60, 000 soldiers and US Marines of the US Tenth Army stormed ashore at Okinawa, in the final island battle before an anticipated invasion of mainland Japan.