A lot of my questions have been discussed in the other boards, LOL!
You will have heard of the battle.
Where was the “high water mark” of the confederacy?
Good guess, and close. But I did say the LAST and bloodiest battle of WW2. Iwo Jima was truly a bloody battle, and the only battle where more Americans soldiers were killed than the Japanese. But it was NOT the final major battle of WW2 for the US. Iwo Jima started in Feb, and lasted for 5 weeks(26,000 casualties). This battle took place in April, and lasted for almost 12 weeks.Iwo Jima?
Also close. The battle of Guadalcanal was actually the first major and decisive victory by the Allies in the Pacific. It was also the first major naval defeat in the pacific by the Allies. But the Battle of Guadalcanal happened almost 3 years before this battle. The Japanese lost over 2/3rds of their army, and the Allies lost less than 1/30th of theirs.Quadal Canal ? why does that come to mind. Guam..hmm OH well
Dang! I had to work today, and this is my first chance to get online. I would have said Okinawa too.Okinawa.
Almost 50 of the top billion dollar plus grossing movies of all times, are based entirely on comic books. I actually learned to read, because of comic books. Clark Kent's middle name is Joseph. Named after his adopted earth father, Joseph Kent.Gawd, I think I last read a Superman comic in 1957 (was staying with friends of the family while my youngest sister was being born.) As was usual, Mum stayed in hospital for a week or so after the birth. Was never that much into comics.
You are correct. It was the bloodiest and largest battle in the Pacific. This battle was so costly for Americans, that it made many question attacking mainland Japan. It was also the battle that inspired the movie "Hacksaw Ridge", about the medic Desmond Doss. Fortunately Gen. Buckner, responsible for wasting thousands of lives, was also killed for his stupidity by artillery fire there.Okinawa.
No more so than many of our generals did. Did you know that tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers were still fighting, or refusing to surrender, up until 1948? Almost 3 years after the war.Japs didn’t care about their soldiers lives, did they?