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martin luther king, jr. shot , killed in memphis, tennessee on april 4, 1968. learned of shooting after being called jesse jackson when returned shopping eldest child yolanda. king had difficulty settling children news father deceased. received large number of telegrams, including 1 lee harvey oswald s mother, regarded 1 touched most. in effort prepare daughter bernice, 5 years old, funeral, tried explain next time saw father in casket , not speaking. when asked son dexter when father return, king lied , told him father had been badly hurt. senator robert kennedy ordered 3 more telephones installed in king residence king , family able answer flood of calls received , offered plane transport memphis. coretta spoke kennedy day after assassination , asked if persuade jacqueline kennedy attend husband s funeral him. robert kennedy promised way could. king told not go ahead , agree kennedy s offer southern christian leadership conference members, told presidential ambitions. ignored warni...

old library originally added mcgreer hall in 1909 serve university library, converted office space during 1970s. in 1939 renovations historic mcgreer hall included complete renovation , restoration of library wing, had on years been subdivided 2 floors , magnificent wooden ceiling covered tiles. work on library wing completed in time sesquicentennial celebrations in 1993-1994, culminated in sherry reception governor-general in newly restored library wing, known former name old library. the old library serves centre university archives housing official records of, or relating to, or people/activities connected bishop s university , special volumes concerning bishop s university. old library houses eastern townships research centre has been accredited quebec s ministère de la culture et des communications since 1991. eastern townships research centre archival collection consists of books, genealogical information, documents, photographs, postcards, maps, plans, , audio-visual material. u...

mahone, after war he active in economic , political life of virginia 30 years, beginning in midst of civil war when elected virginia general assembly delegate norfolk in 1863. later served mayor of petersburg. after unsuccessful bid governor in 1877, became leader of readjuster party, coalition of democrats, republicans, , african-americans seeking reduction in virginia s prewar debt, , appropriate allocation made former portion of state constituted new state of west virginia. in 1881, mahone led successful effort elect readjuster candidate william e. cameron next governor, , became united states senator. the readjuster party did more refinance commonwealth s debts. party invested heavily in schools, african americans, , appointed african american teachers such schools. party increased funding virginia tech , established black counterpart, virginia state. readjuster party abolished poll tax , public whipping post. because of expanded voting, danville elected black-majority town council...

1 organization 1.1 structure 1.2 personnel 1.3 budget organization structure cabinet secretary board of directors director deputy director general administration division - responsible providing direction , general services entire authority highway patrol - oklahoma highway patrol troopers on assignment oklahoma department of public safety, responsible providing law enforcement services on turnpike system information technology division - responsible overseeing information technology used authority toll operations division - responsible collection of tolls turnpike users engineering division - responsible providing engineering projects of authority comptroller division - responsible auditing operations of authority maintenance division - responsible maintenance , repair on turnpike system pikepass division - responsible operating pikepass automated toll collection system finance , revenue division - responsible overseeing authority finances , budget personnel the turnpike authority, of...

the rudd-gillard government stated support research carbon capture , storage ccs possible solution rising greenhouse gas emissions. ccs integrated process, made of 3 distinct parts: carbon capture, transport, , storage (including measurement, monitoring , verification). capture technology aims produce concentrated stream of co2 can compressed, transported, , stored. transport of captured co2 storage locations via pipeline. storage of captured carbon final part of process. vast majority of co2 storage expected occur in geological sites on land, or below seabed. disposing of waste co2 in ocean has been proposed, method has been largely discounted due significant impacts co2 have on ocean ecosystem , legal constraints prohibit it. however, according greenpeace false hope report, ccs cannot deliver in time avoid dangerous increase in world temperatures. earliest timeframe deployment of ccs not expected before 2030, , global emissions need start falling before that. the report states ccs wa...

staley playing alice in chains in boston in 1992. alice in chains added openers ozzy osbourne s no more tours tour. mere days before tour began, layne staley broke foot in atv accident, forcing him use crutches on stage. while on tour, starr kicked out of band , replaced former ozzy osbourne bassist mike inez. during summer of 1993, alice in chains joined primus, tool, rage against machine , babes in toyland alternative music festival lollapalooza, last major tour alice in chains played staley.

at lane stadium • blacksburg, va date: november 28, 2014 game time: 8:00 pm est game weather: temperature: 27 °f (−3 °c) • wind: w 2 mph • weather: cold, partly cloudy game attendance: 60,431 referee: j. magallanes • umpire: terrence ramsey • linesman: troy gray • line judge: tommy giles • judge: robert luklan • field judge: bill dolbow • side judge: angie bartis • alternate: tom mccreesh tv announcers (espn): dave flemming, danny kanell, allison williams virginia vs virginia tech (nov 28, 2014)

1 housing 1.1 main campus 1.2 north campus 1.3 major additions housing students @ saint michael s college live in variety of different housing facilities. housing single-sex floor or wing. main campus joyce hall, ryan hall, , lyons hall 3 of 4 main quad dormitories. consist of doubles, , house entire freshman class. wings reserved honors housing , great housing, alcohol-free living option. alumni hall fourth dormitory building on main quad, , houses sophomores , juniors. cashman hall, pontigny hall, , canterbury hall consist of 4 , 8 person suites sophomores, juniors, , seniors. many suites reserved honors housing, great housing, , ambassador housing. hodson , newest building on campus, residence hall 4, apartment style housing juniors , seniors. the townhouses, numbered in series; 100s, 200s, 300s,and 400s, house seniors in apartment-style living. in summer of 2008, kitchens added 400s in order accommodate senior housing initiative. north campus the ethan allen apartments house senior...

women sukannika qaqa iliseva ratudina sereia dievo speed alitia matanakovei yaya men aisake baleimaiamerika ratu wesele seru sukanaveita cawanikawai raymond stoddart ^ beach volleyball female . pacific games 2015. 3 july 2015. retrieved 3 july 2015.  ^ beach volleyball male . pacific games 2015. 3 july 2015. retrieved 3 july 2015. 

juvenile s. a. albifacies photographed around 1909 the owls diet reflected communities of small animals in area, taking prions (small seabirds) lived near colonies, coenocorypha snipe, kākāriki , large earthworms. once pacific rats introduced new zealand , began reduce number of native prey items laughing owl able switch eating them instead. still therefore relatively common when european settlers arrived. being quite large, able deal introduced european rats had caused extinction of of prey; however, stoats introduced control feral rabbits, , feral cats species. individuals of bird louse of genus strigiphilus found parasitize laughing owls (pilgrim & palma, 1982). reproduction breeding began in september or october. nests lined dried grass , on bare ground, in rocky ledges, fissures or under boulders. 2 white, roundish eggs laid, measuring 44-51 x 38–43 mm (1.7-2 x 1.5-1.7 ). incubation took 25 days, male feeding female on nest.

1 champions 1.1 seniors 1.1.1 men s singles 1.1.2 women s singles 1.1.3 men s doubles 1.1.4 women s doubles 1.1.5 mixed doubles 1.2 juniors 1.2.1 boys singles 1.2.2 girls singles 1.2.3 boys doubles 1.2.4 girls doubles 1.3 wheelchair events 1.3.1 wheelchair men s singles 1.3.2 wheelchair women s singles 1.3.3 wheelchair men s doubles 1.3.4 wheelchair women s doubles 1.4 other events 1.4.1 legends under 45 doubles 1.4.2 legends on 45 doubles 1.4.3 women s legends doubles champions seniors men s singles rafael nadal defeated david ferrer, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 it nadal s 12th grand slam title , 8th @ french open (a record). 6th career title of year. women s singles serena williams defeated maria sharapova, 6–4, 6–4 it williams 16th grand slam title , second @ french open. 52nd singles title of career , sixth of 2013. men s doubles bob bryan / mike bryan defeated michaël llodra / nicolas mahut, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 it bryan brothers 14th grand slam doubles title , second @ french open. wome...

disused side pond @ atherstone on coventry canal, england a way of reducing water used lock give 1 or multiple reservoirs, levels intermediate between upper , lower pounds. these reservoirs can store water drained lock boat descends, , release fill next time boat ascends. saves half amount of water lost downhill in each fill-empty cycle. these reservoirs called saving basins . installing single side pond save 1/3 of water, whereas 3 side ponds save 60% of water: first 1/5 of water goes top pond, 2nd 1/5 middle pond, 3rd 1/5 bottom pond – , 2/5 wasted @ each passage (assuming area of each pond equals area of lock). formula n {\displaystyle n} side ponds of optimal altitude , depth, area of each pond, a p {\displaystyle a_{p}} , , area of lock, a l {\displaystyle a_{l}} , is: ...

usgs shakemap event the earthquake occurred in area of complex tectonics caused continuing collision between northward moving indo-australian plate , eurasian plate, created arakan yoma mountains. in zone of highly oblique collision, of motion accommodated north-south trending sagaing fault, major dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault runs through western , central part of burma. remaining component of shortening across zone causes distributed deformation of eastern burma , thailand extending laos. deformation partly accommodated set of southwest-northeast trending sinistral (left lateral) strike-slip faults. faults closest epicenter of earthquake mae chan , nam ma faults. focal mechanism earthquake consistent left-lateral movement on 1 of these faults, away main zones of seismic activity in burma. other recent significant earthquakes in area included 2011 yunnan earthquake , 2007 laos earthquake. according earth observatory of singapore, appears earthquake caused motion on western...

1 name prideaux 1.1 cornish etymology 1.1.1 spelling , pronunciation 1.1.2 hill fort 1.2 french connection 1.2.1 near waters 1.2.2 pray god 1.3 other etymologies the name prideaux cornish etymology most of authorities agree earliest form of name [prɪdjas], , name of cornish origin. spelling , pronunciation the sons , grandsons of semi-legendary paganus prideaux (or pagan pridias ) chose spellings <pridias>, <pridyias>, <pridyas>. (as many 40 variant spellings have been recorded.) first documented appearance of french spelling <prideaux> did not appear until plantagenet times, apparently political advantage. (see e.g. richard plantagenet, earl of cornwall.) @ least past several centuries name has been /ˈprɪdɪks/ in cornwall , devon. final /ks/ spelling pronunciation of x in french orthography <prideaux>. hill fort a derivation cornish bre hill + cornish dinas castle; fort → *bredinas may suggested. development otherwise plausible form have acc...

the king caesar house, built 1809 the federal style house built ezra weston ii , family completed in 1809. several duxbury shipbuilders built large new homes in wake of embargo act of 1807 severely impacted maritime industries in new england , caused widespread unemployment. according tradition, shipyards inactive, many ship carpenters sought alternative work , merchants such ezra weston gave them employment in building elegant new houses. when weston died, king caesar house passed son, alden b. weston (1805–1880). weston family fortune spent rapidly alden’s 2 brothers , consequently lived frugally. alden weston married @ age 55 did not have children. wife predeceased him , alden weston died alone in king caesar house in 1880. king caesar’s grandchildren, sons , daughters of gershom b. weston, inherited house time in disrepair. sold frederick bradford knapp, former superintendent of buildings @ harvard college, in 1886. knapp established powder point school boys, preparatory school, , ...

^ kaye, barbara (mrs. percy muir); second impression, rural life rare bookman ^ mandelbrote, giles (editor); out of print , profit ^ history essay - abaa antiquarian booksellers association of america ^ oak knoll books & oak knoll press ^ ioba standard ioba standard: volume 7(2) article

1 participation war 1.1 french , indian war 1.2 revolutionary war 1.2.1 haym solomon 1.3 civil war 1.3.1 jews , union 1.3.2 jews , confederacy 1.4 world war i 1.5 world war ii 1.5.1 half million jewish soldiers 1.5.2 major general maurice rose 1.5.3 rabbi goode , immortal chaplains 1.5.4 jewish scientists , manhattan project 1.6 korean , vietnam wars participation war french , indian war though history of jews in pre-independence conflict poorly documented, 19th-century historian simon wolf documented 1 jew new york became captain of company of bateau men, , 2 others served in expedition across allegheny mountains. revolutionary war american jews served in numbers disproportionate small population of period. of estimated population of 3,000, 160 jews served on colonial side in conflict, including francis salvador, first jew known die cause of american independence. (in 1895, simon wolf had counted 46). haym solomon haym solomon, personal friend of general george washington , financier...

july: start of russo-persian war. july – russo-persian war (1722–23) begins, peter great s persian campaign. july 25 – father rale s war (1722–25) begins along maine , massachusetts border. august 15 – william battin, 17, hanged arson , murder in colony of pennsylvania. october 23 – six-month-long siege of isfahan ends, when safavid capital isfahan capitulates afghan rebels. safavid sultan husayn abdicates, , acknowledges mahmud hotak new shah of persia. december 20 – after longest reign chinese emperor in history (61 years), kangxi emperor dies, , succeeded son yinzhen yongzheng emperor.

1 service provision 1.1 national water company , management contracts 1.2 saline water conversion corporation 1.3 independent water , power producers desalination 1.4 water & energy company 1.5 project finance wastewater treatment plants service provision the responsibility service provision shared private , public sectors. national water company (nwc) in charge of water supply , sanitation in largest cities - riyadh, jeddah, mecca , taif of 2013 in partnership foreign private operators. in other cities water supply , sanitation still direct responsibility of mowe through regional directorates , branches. local government, in charge of service provision in many other countries, has no role in service provision in saudi arabia. desalination plants run saline water conversion corporation (swcc) provides water free nwc or private companies called independent water , power projects (iwpps) sell water , energy public entity called water & energy company. many wastewater treatment pl...

^ sandomir, richard (october 12, 1999). tv sports; starting number, 11 p.m., didn t hurt mets rating numbers . new york times.  ^ martzke, rudy (october 12, 1999). costas: history counts mets in . usa today. p. 6c.  ^ martzke, rudy (october 8, 1997). fox s baseball team, 3 s company . usa today. p. 2c.  ^ smith, claire (october 15, 1997). sports of times; bench s peers in awe of johnson . new york times.  ^ martzke, rudy (october 16, 1997). fox telecast provides sound , fury . usa today. p. 4c.  ^ lindquist, jerry (october 16, 1997). nbc s gray matters sideline reporter . richmond times-dispatch. p. c4.  ^ cbs cpw getting on road nielsen ratings . new york daily news. october 13, 1995.  ^ stewart, larry (october 5, 1995). baseball playoffs; network doesn t work @ . los angeles times. p. 1.  ^ mckee, ken (october 1, 1993). cbs analyst kaat doesn t see clear edge jays or chisox . toronto star. p. f4.  ...

^ cite error: named reference california coyote attack study invoked never defined (see page). ^ cite error: named reference losangeles.cbslocal.com invoked never defined (see page). ^ coyote attacks force closure of montebello park: people not food coyotes . 9 august 2016. retrieved 22 april 2017 – via la times. 

ulysses s. grant in mid 1870s sharing love horses , common friend in ohio congressman john sherman, became friends general , later president ulysses s. grant. in 1872, harlan gave speech in saratoga, new york in support of grant against former republican democrat horace greeley, felt betrayed blacks in switching allegiances. speech included joke parrot became regular part of harlan s speeches. @ state colored convention on august 22, 1872, harlan , black leader, peter clark, divided on whether black ohioans should support republican efforts civil rights, or if republican leadership taking advantage of black support, , harlan spoke in favor of republicans. harlan s support rewarded, , elected delegate 1872 republican national convention. in december, harlan prominent delegate @ national colored convention in washington dc led p. b. s. pinchback, william nesbitt, , robert b. elliott. harlan led delegation convention call on president grant, , met grant privately 15 minutes. in 1873, gran...

^ http://www.northbridgehistory.wa.gov.au/pages/northbridgehistorystudiesday.aspx ^ http://www.northbridgehistory.wa.gov.au/pages/publications.aspx ^ newport, tanya; morel-edniebrown, felicity; western australia. dept. of premier , cabinet (2006), northbridge : guide sources 2006, dept. of premier , cabinet, retrieved 24 march 2013  ^ yiannakis, john n; morel-edniebrown, felicity; nile, richard, 1958- (2009), northbridge studies day papers, network books, isbn 978-1-920845-51-3 cs1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

costa maya, mexico. pier , resort seen here destroyed hurricane dean rebuilt following year. although dean s landfall in mexico occurred in relatively uninhabited area , storm s well-predicted track gave ample warning, storm inflicted extreme damage. in majahual, town experience full force of hurricane, hundreds of buildings destroyed. quintana roo governor félix gonzález canto reported although cleanup in state capital of chetumal completed within 3 weeks, took more 6 months fix of region s more rural roads. unable handle hurricane s aftermath, state government appealed federal authorities aid. together, established housing-repair fund contributed reconstruction of on 37,000 residences. the cruise port of puerto costa maya severely damaged, causing carnival cruise lines , royal caribbean cruises, world s 2 largest cruise operators, divert away port until @ least 2009. mexican government quick fund rebuilding of destroyed concrete piers which, june 2008, rebuilt accommodate larger ...

louden cross draft hay carrier (1915) the company expanded in 1890s , 1900s, r.b. handling business side, william being left free invent new products. william added company s product line inventions of flexible barn door hanger (1895), barn litter carriers , tracks (1898), all-steel cow stalls (1907), individual automatic watering bowls cows (1912), easy feeding hog trough (1914), , industrial line of overhead carrying equipment (1917). albert h. neller, has been described william louden s right-hand-man, credited developing number of products, including automatic watering bowls, , being key company s success during 1910s , 1920s. company expanded geographically opening branches in canada (1900), minneapolis (1903), albany, new york (1912), , chicago (1915). 1915, factory in fairfield employed 100 men, , company operated large factory in guelph, ontario. 1920, louden machinery company had sales of $2.5 million. the company continued expand product line in 1920s , 1930s, adding wide a...

^ annuncio di concistoro per la creazione di sei nuovi cardinali (in italian). holy see press office. october 24, 2012. archived original on february 23, 2013.  ^ tagle: fede e dialogo interreligioso in estremo oriente – vatican insider . vaticaninsider.lastampa.it. october 25, 2012. retrieved 2012-12-06. 

farjon, a. (2005). monograph of cupressaceae , sciadopitys. royal botanic gardens, kew. isbn 1-84246-068-4. gadek, p. a., alpers, d. l., heslewood, m. m., & quinn, c. j. (2000). relationships within cupressaceae sensu lato: combined morphological , molecular approach. american journal of botany 87: 1044–1057. available online. platt, karen gold fever describes golden or yellow-leaved cultivars of cupressus http://www.karenplatt.co.uk

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uss asthabula refueling carrier uss ticonderoga off vietnam in 1966. in 1968, ashtabula underwent major reconfiguration, or jumboization @ todd shipyards, los angeles division, san pedro, california. 400-foot midsection, built entirely new keel up, inserted , welded between original bow , stern. replaced old 310-foot midsection , increased vessel s liquid cargo capacity on one-third. new configuration closely resembled of more modern type of ship, replenishment oiler. continued vietnam service through august 1972, when made last line swing off vietnam. ship returned long beach on 9 december. following availability period @ long beach , training exercises off southern california coast, ashtabula once again sailed west on 4 october 1973. while @ subic bay, received orders proceed indian ocean operating area. in december, ashtabula provided services aircraft carriers hancock , oriskany other members of task groups. after 51 continuous days @ sea, ashtabula arrived @ subic bay on 5 jan...

the 2014 american league wild card game took place on september 30, 2014 @ kauffman stadium in kansas city, missouri. oakland athletics took on kansas city royals. oakland went out lead after first inning 2-run homerun brandon moss, scoring coco crisp. kansas city responded in bottom half of inning, , trimmed oakland s lead 1 after billy butler single, scoring nori aoki. royals later took lead in 3rd inning, following 2 rbi singles lorenzo cain, , eric hosmer. in top of 6th inning, brandon moss hit second homerun of game, scored sam fuld , josh donaldson. followed rbi singles derek norris , coco crisp, making score 7-3 oakland after 6 innings. royals scored 3 more runs in bottom of 8th inning, making score 7-6. kansas city later tie game in bottom of 9th using documented small ball techniques, , scored aoki sacrifice fly, sending game innings. both teams remained scoreless until top of 12th, alberto callaspo scored josh reddick on single left field, put athletics 8-7. in bottom of 12...

^ martzke, rudy (october 7, 1998). buck s progress moves fox team top . usa today. p. 2c.  ^ shea, jim (october 10, 1995). pick: indians vs. mariners . hartford courant. p. c5.  ^ shea, jim (october 13, 1995). far, musburger off game . hartford courant. p. c4.  ^ 1995プレーオフ　キングドーム on youtube ^ grahnke, lon (october 6, 1993). cbs hums country awards . chicago sun-times. p. 50.  ^ martzke, rudy (october 5, 1993). sunday dinner puts gumbel on sideline . usa today. p. 3c.  ^ harris, john (october 5, 1992). cbs announcers give edge pirates , jays series: radio / tv . st. petersburg times. p. 2c.  ^ al championship series (best of seven) . usa today. october 6, 1992. p. 8c.  ^ herbert, steven (october 8, 1991). cbs hopes baseball playoffs prove bigger hit season . los angeles times. p. 2.  ^ nidetz, steve (october 4, 1991). not `hawk in kaat s coverage . chicago tribune. p. 9.  ^ fogle, jeff (oc...

amd catalyst being developed microsoft windows , linux. of july 2014, other operating systems not officially supported. may different amd firepro brand, based on identical hardware features opengl-certified graphics device drivers. amd catalyst supports features advertised radeon brand. free , open-source graphics device driver radeon the free , open-source drivers developed on linux , linux, have been ported other operating systems well. each driver composed out of 5 parts: the free , open-source radeon graphics driver supports of features implemented radeon line of gpus. the free , open-source radeon graphics device drivers not reverse engineered, based on documentation released amd. these drivers still require proprietary microcode operate drm functions , gpus may fail launch x server if not available.

germany s declared exclusion zone of february 1915. ships within area liable search , attack. many of large liners laid in 1914–1915, in part due falling demand passenger travel across atlantic, , in part protect them damage due mines or other dangers. among recognisable of these liners, used troop transports, while others became hospital ships. lusitania remained in commercial service; although bookings aboard no means strong during autumn , winter, demand strong enough keep in civilian service. economising measures taken. 1 of these shutting down of no. 4 boiler room conserve coal , crew costs; reduced maximum speed on 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). apparent dangers evaporating, ship s disguised paint scheme dropped , returned civilian colours. name picked out in gilt, funnels repainted in traditional cunard livery, , superstructure painted white again. 1 alteration addition of bronze/gold coloured band around base of superstructure above bl...

painting of lusitania norman wilkinson at time of introduction onto north atlantic, both lusitania , mauretania possessed among luxurious, spacious , comfortable interiors afloat. scottish architect james miller chosen design lusitania s interiors, while harold peto chosen design mauretania. miller chose use plasterwork create interiors whereas peto made extensive use of wooden panelling, result overall impression given lusitania brighter mauretania. lusitania s designs proved more popular. the ship s passenger accommodation spread across 6 decks; top deck down waterline boat deck (a deck), promenade deck (b deck), shelter deck (c deck), upper deck (d deck), main deck (e deck) , lower deck (f deck), each of 3 passenger classes being allotted own space on ship. seen aboard passenger liners of era, first, second , third class passengers strictly segregated 1 another. according original configuration in 1907, designed carry 2,198 passengers , 827 crew members. cunard line prided record pa...

1 events 1.1 january 1.2 february 1.3 march 1.4 april 1.5 may 1.6 june 1.7 july 1.8 august 1.9 september 1.10 october 1.11 november 1.12 december 1.13 ongoing events january january 2 – snowstorm leaves 14 inches (36 cm) of snow in milwaukee, wisconsin , 21 inches (53 cm) in chicago, illinois, killing 68. january 6 – dennis hastert becomes speaker of united states house of representatives. january 7 – senate trial in impeachment of u.s. president bill clinton begins. had been impeached house of representatives on december 19. january 21 – in 1 of largest drug busts in american history, united states coast guard intercepts ship on 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine aboard, headed houston, texas. february february 12: president clinton acquitted senate february 4 unarmed west african immigrant amadou diallo shot dead 4 plainclothes new york city police officers on unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in city. the new carissa runs aground near coos bay, oregon. febr...

on 6 august 1945, dropped atomic bomb on japanese city of hiroshima in first nuclear attack in history. in press release issued after atomic bombing of hiroshima, truman warned japan surrender or ...expect rain of ruin air, of has never been seen on earth. 3 days later, on 9 august, dropped atomic bomb on nagasaki, last nuclear attack in history. more 140,000–240,000 people died direct result of these 2 bombings. necessity of atomic bombings has long been debated, detractors claiming naval blockade , aerial bombing campaign had made invasion, hence atomic bomb, unnecessary. however, other scholars have argued bombings shocked japanese government surrender, emperor indicating wish stop war. argument in favor of atomic bombs helped avoid operation downfall, or prolonged blockade , bombing campaign, of have exacted higher casualties among japanese civilians. historian richard b. frank wrote soviet invasion of japan never because had insufficient naval capability mount amphibious invasio...

uss bunker hill burns after being hit 2 kamikazes. @ okinawa kamikazes caused 4,900 american deaths. the largest , bloodiest american battle came @ okinawa, sought airbases 3,000 b-29 bombers , 240 squadrons of b-17 bombers intense bombardment of japan s home islands in preparation full-scale invasion in late 1945. japanese, 115,000 troops augmented thousands of civilians on heavily populated island, did not resist on beaches—their strategy maximize number of soldier , marine casualties, , naval losses kamikaze attacks. after intense bombardment americans landed on 1 april 1945 , declared victory on 21 june. supporting naval forces targets 4,000 sorties, many kamikaze suicide planes. losses totaled 38 ships of types sunk , 368 damaged 4,900 sailors killed. americans suffered 75,000 casualties on ground; 94% of japanese soldiers died along many civilians. the british pacific fleet operated separate unit american task forces in okinawa operation. objective strike airfields on chain o...

1 beginning of end in pacific, 1944 1.1 marianas , philippine sea 1.2 leyte gulf, 1944 1.3 philippines, 1944–45 beginning of end in pacific, 1944 the marianas , philippine sea the japanese aircraft carrier zuikaku , 2 destroyers under attack in battle of philippine sea on 15 june 1944, 535 ships began landing 128,000 army , marine corps personnel on island of saipan in northern marianas. allies aimed establish airfields near enough japanese home islands, including tokyo, allow bombing new boeing b-29 superfortress. ability plan , execute such complex operation in space of 90 days indicative of allied logistical superiority. japanese commanders saw holding saipan imperative. way involved destroying u.s. fifth fleet, had 15 fleet carriers , 956 planes, 7 battleships, 28 submarines, , 69 destroyers, several light , heavy cruisers. vice admiral jisaburō ozawa attacked nine-tenths of japan s fighting fleet, included 9 carriers 473 planes, 5 battleships, several cruisers, , 28 destroyers. oz...