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  • Semper Fi to all, 80th Anniversary of Iwo Jima

    From a425couple@a425couple@hotmail.com to aalt.war.world-war-two,rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,soc.history.war.misc,or.politics on Fri Feb 21 11:41:47 2025
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February rCo 26 March 1945) was a major battle
    in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy
    (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the island
    with its two airfields: South Field and Central Field.

    Japan knew they could never win.
    Their sole goal at that time was to make US victory so expensive
    in lives (actually US had more casualties than IJA, but theirs
    were mostly deaths, while ours were mostly injuries!)
    that the US would be willing to accept a negotiated peace rather
    than continue to demand Unconditional Surrender.

    April Fool! Indeed, the US chose to not have the massive losses
    of invading Japan. They decided to use Atom bombs and continue
    to demand Unconditional Surrender.

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  • From Jim Wilkins@muratlanne@gmail.com to alt.war.world-war-two,rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,soc.history.war.misc,or.politics on Fri Feb 21 16:58:47 2025
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    "a425couple" wrote in message news:0G4uP.1188707$z8ke.661399@fx15.iad...

    from
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima

    The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February rCo 26 March 1945) was a major battle
    in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy
    (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the island
    with its two airfields: South Field and Central Field.

    Japan knew they could never win.
    Their sole goal at that time was to make US victory so expensive
    in lives (actually US had more casualties than IJA, but theirs
    were mostly deaths, while ours were mostly injuries!)
    that the US would be willing to accept a negotiated peace rather
    than continue to demand Unconditional Surrender.

    April Fool! Indeed, the US chose to not have the massive losses
    of invading Japan. They decided to use Atom bombs and continue
    to demand Unconditional Surrender.

    ------------------------------------------
    Saipan and Okinawa had more weight on the decision, as they were inhabited
    by civilians and not so obviously easy to defend as a steep volcano.

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-30-me-12456-story.html

    Kurt Vonnegut was a POW in Dresden, held in Slaughterhouse # 5 which by then was empty of meat and had a deep, safe and cold bomb shelter.

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