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What is the history of the US military's 'indiscriminate' air raids on Japan 80 years ago?
The Mainichi Shimbun answers common questions readers may have about the air raids conducted by the United States across ... the U.S. military captured Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands ...
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75 years ago, US troops began the main battle of the long, bloody fight to kick the Japanese out of the Philippines
Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa, and Peleliu. The islands would provide runways for US aircraft and deny them to Japan. Rather than strike directly at Luzon, Army and Navy planners decided first to capture ...
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"Until the last one is dead": Voices from the Battle of Saipan
Eighty years after the Battle of Saipan, a collection of battlefield interviews with US soldiers has been uncovered. Their voices tell the story of one of the most brutal chapters of the war.
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This Marine endured five amphibious assaults - and survived Iwo Jima
Editor's note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima. In February 2020, Military Times interviewed ... "He was tough on us. He made us do things by ...
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Saipan: the remote Pacific island that hosted Julian Assange
Usually associated with "sun, sand and snorkelling" the Pacific island of Saipan ... him to the US for prosecution" after he was accused of a conspiracy to break into United States military ...