WW2 Letters

1. I'm a soldier at Iwo Jima. I decided to be a soldier on Iwo Jima because of the t.v. show NCIS. The way they showed the emotions of this certain soldier was inspiring to me. Also, because of how interesting they portrayed a certain part of the war/battle.

2. The Battle of Iwo Jima began February 19, 1945 and ended March 25, 1945.

- The U.S. invasion was charged with the mission of capturing the two airfields on Iwo Jima. The battle produced some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific Campaign of World War II.

- Kuribayashi also received a handful of kamikaze pilots used against the American fleet. Three hundred American navy sailors were killed by kamikazes throughout the battle.

- Controversially, the U.S. Navy only provided three days of bombardment, rather than ten requested by the Marines.

SITES:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWjima.htm

http://www.reznetnews.org/article/mont-iwo-jima-soldier-honored-65-years-later-43620

Semester DOS, Blog #15

*Technology:

The technology interested me the most because of how they made the nuclear bomb, and what massive damage it had on the countries it bombed. Also, because I'm into war games. I know about the Mustard Gas and how it was undetectable in the air and it would cause severe deforming to the skin and even when you breathed it in I believe. I want to learn more about the different other bombs than the Mustard Gas, H bomb, nuclear bomb, and the atomic bomb I think?

Semester DOS, Blog #14

1. What are the most interesting aspects of World Wars 1 and 2?

- The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. He was the heir to the Austrian throne and was murdered by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. This was the spark that caused war to be declared.

- First known use of chemical weapons (mustard Gas) was in World War 1.

- More than 9 million died on the battlefield, and nearly that many more on the home fronts because of food shortages, genocide, and ground combat.

- World War 1 or the First World War, 1914 - 1918, was the first war that involved nations spanning more than half the globe.

- The World War 1 was commonly called “The Great War” or sometimes “the war to end wars” until World War II started .

- 12,000 heavy bombers were shot down in World War 2

- There were 433 Medals of Honor awarded during World War 2, 219 of them were given after the recipient's death

- Air attacks caused 1/3 of German Generals' deaths

- Most members of the Waffen SS were not German.

- 84 German Generals were executed by Hitler

Sources: http://www.strange-facts.info/facts-about-world-war-1, http://www.world-war-2.info/facts/

2. What do you hope to learn about these wars?

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3. How/Why are these wars important today? How do they impact and/or inform our world today? hint: think about alliances, democracies around the world, cultures, international institutions, nuclear (and other) technologies, etc.

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