Japan – The last eight war months 1945
A cold period until July 1945 |
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Source:
NASA/Giss/ 2010 (extract) |
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Coldest months on record - May & July data 1945 Since January 1945 a huge military machinery closed down on Japan
rolling northwards from Burma, and the Philippines, or closing in from the
East after the strategic Iwo Jima Island had been conquered in a battle
lasting from 19 February until 16 March for which the US Marine Corp employed
450 ships, including 6 battleships, 4 cruisers and 16 destroyers, and a
manpower of 50’000. To prepare for
landing the island was bombed for 72 days by B-24s from the Marianas (1),
while the naval ships bombard the island for three days. Since summer 1945
the USA was able to commence 1,000 bomber raids against Japan and to fly
bombing mission towards the Japanese home islands. There were many other
naval activities, from bombing, kamikaze, mining, submarines, and shelling
underway, of which major last big battle concerning the occupation of Okinawa
began on April 1, 1945 and ended June 21, 1945. The material employed and
lost was gigantic. The war ended in August 1945 and the temperatures turned to a higher level than the average.
(1) The Marianas are the
northernmost islands of a larger island group called Micronesia, situated
between 13° to 21° North, and 144° to 146° East. The distance to Tokyo is
about 2’400 km. They had been recaptured by August 1944 and after rebuilding
an air strip in Tinian over the next several months, a total of 19’000 combat
missions were launched from here alone against Japan. By August 1945, Tinian
was by space and operation the largest airbase in the world, and accommodated
nearly 1000 B-29s, the so-called: Superfortress with an armament of: 12
.50-caliber machine guns, 1 20 mm cannon, 20,000-pound bomb load, , and, for
example, in March 1945 B-29s laid mines in Japan's Shimonoseki Strait to
interrupt shipping. |
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Chapter: 4_12 |
Book Page: 241b |
File: 914_Month_1945 |
Image: 2010/www.seaclimate.com |
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