by DECLAN BLACK

Battle of Okinawa

declanblack2019 — 2015-01-08 17:12:46 UTC

The battle Okinawa was fought on the Ryukyu islands. It was fought on Okinawa wich is only 340 miles away from Japan mainland.

declanblack2019 — 2015-01-08 17:17:06 UTC

Bombing of Tokyo

2015-01-08 17:17:28 UTC

The bombing of Tokyo, starting on March 9, 1945 U.S. warplanes went into Tokyo and bombed Japan killing in between 80,000-130,000 civilians . Over the next 48 hours, 2,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Tokyo and about 16 square miles in and around the Japanese capitol were completely burned and covered in fire. So far, this was the worst firebombing ever recorded.

Islands

declanblack2019 — 2015-01-08 17:17:35 UTC

This shows just how close to the enemy base we are close to during this battle.

Dates

declanblack2019 — 2015-01-08 17:18:58 UTC

This battle lasted 82 days and killed many innocent residents of the island. Fighting lasted from March to mid June 1945.

Deaths

declanblack2019 — 2015-01-08 17:21:11 UTC

There were many deaths both civilians and soldiers. There were about 77,000 japanese soliders that died from both battle and suicide. Not only that, but over 100,00 civilians died. Soon after Hiroshima, the Japanese surrendered on Okinawa.

Jampanese during Okinawa

2015-01-08 17:21:14 UTC

Many japanese people hid in ditches and canals praying for their life while they were getting bombed. Commanding the Japanese was Mitsuru Ushijima. The Okinawa people were not ready to defend himself and the Japanese could not come fast enough to protect them.

Midway

2015-01-08 17:24:27 UTC

Battle of Midway

declanblack2019 — 2015-01-08 17:27:51 UTC

The battle of Midway was oone of the most important naval battles of WWII. It was between June 4-7 1942

Midway

declanblack2019 — 2015-01-08 20:54:18 UTC

Midway was the first Japanese naval attack since Shimonoseki Straits

Doolittle Raid

declanblack2019 — 2015-01-09 19:07:28 UTC

The Doolittle Raid is also known the Tokyo Raid. On April 18, 1942, it was an air-raid by the U.S. on the Japanese. The first attacks were on the Japanese Home Front in retaliation to Pearl Harbor

Doolittle Raid

2015-01-09 19:07:59 UTC

This Raid was launched from the air craft carrier Hornet. 16 B-25's were inital launched. These Bombarded the Jampanese home front and and heavy fire was shot from both sides.

Bombing On Tokyo

danielgolub2019 — 2015-01-09 19:12:05 UTC

The fire bombing on tokyo wasn't just because the U.S. was at war with Japan. It was getting payback for the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor and treating our prisoners at war poorly. At the end of the aerial attack, 5 million citizens were left homeless, around 500,000 were killed and 400,000 were wounded. Even after all of this, Japan's military leaders were undaunted. They also knew they would not win the war but the Japanese would fight till the end.

declanblack2019 — 2015-01-09 19:15:51 UTC