Okinawa Fight Signals Darker Days Ahead for Japan
Mackenzie argues that the Okinawa campaign foreshadows heavier losses and a tougher road to victory against Japan. He notes Navy has borne heavy costs and warns that Japan’s remaining battleships carriers and cruisers could pose a significant threat if concentrated at home. He recalls Japanese groups around Singapore Philippines Formosa and Hong Kong with multiple battleships carriers and support ships.
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Okinawa
Japan
Truman
Germany
Navy
U. S. Pacific
MacArthur
Philippines
Singapore - Philippine
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Japan's Fleet in Being Threatens Allied Naval Power
The piece argues that Japan maintains a potent naval force through a "fleet in being" strategy. It notes Japanese successes in the San Bernardino Strait and Leyte Gulf, contrasts with German harassment of Britain, and predicts air power will erode Japanese strength after Okinawa. A Kamikaze threat is warned as a sobering future risk.
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The
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San Bernardino Strait
MacArthur
Leyte Gulf
Japan
Okinawa
Jap Force Trained In Death by Own Action Plans
A San Francisco report on a Japanese kamikaze training school claims the navy is preparing for mass kamikaze tactics. A Tokyo reporter describes the program as focused on heroic, trained pilots with the navy implied to bear responsibility for the tactic.
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Tokyo
Special Attack Corps
Navy
Federal Communications Commission
Nurse Recruiting Halted By Army Navy Says Needs Met
The Army and Navy have all the nurses they need now. A Red Cross statement says enlistments should stop after meeting the goal of 60,000 nurses by June 1 for the Army, and 2,500 nurses for the Navy have already been met.
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Army
Navy
Red Cross
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