Battle of Saipan in the Pacific, historical World War II sites
- by Steven King
- 2017-01-05
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On June 15, 1944, U.S. launched a critical attack on Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
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From the Marianas, Japan would be within the range of the new B-29 Superfortress bomber.
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For the Americans, the victory was the most costly to date in the Pacific War.
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Out of 71,000 who landed, 2,949 were killed and 10,464 wounded.
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Attacking routes of American forces.
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24,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and 5,000 committed suicide.
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Japanese forces staged the largest Banzai attack in the Pacific War.
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The last command post of Japanese forces on Saipan.
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See the small entrance to the cave?
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Inside the last command post cave.
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Suicide Cliff, thousands of Japanese committed suicide by jumping off the cliff.
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Japanese civilians jumped because of the propaganda that Americans would torture them.
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22,00 civilians dies, many committed suicide.
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Nearby Banzai Cliff , hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers jumped here.
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Many were rescued by American ships because the cliff is not that high.
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Japanese people built many memorial towers here.
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Saipan is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of US.
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Korean memorial. Thousands of Korean people were enslaved on Saipan during WWII.
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