OKINAWA EPISODE

Episode 9 of the Pacific took place in Okinawa, this episode was pretty good in my opinion it gave me a good understanding of the conditions the Americans had to fight in, and what was kind of running through there minds fighting there how the native Okinawans are really not the same as Japanese and that they are not the ones in war with us even though some of the soldiers treated them like they were. It was a great episode that was gory but gives you the general mindset of an American soldier fighting there.

The atomic bomb

I really agree with Truman to make the decision to drop the bomb because they gave the Japanese many chances to surrender or retreat out of the Philippines, however they didn't so the U.S bombed them so i understand why they would bomb them. It also helped bring the war to a close with a US victory.

Operation cartwheel

I think operation cartwheel was a very good military strategy because it avoided heavy Japanese forces and aimed more towards there lines of communication.