Episode 536: The Manhattan Project Part IV - I Am Become Death
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The History of the Meat Grinder
After a month of fighting on Iwo Jima, almost 7,000 Marines have been killed. The Japanese, meanwhile, have lost 20,000 men. Included in the dead was General Kuribayashi, who felt that it was his duty to die defending the island. At least 3,000 Japanese soldiers waged a three month long guerrilla campaign against the garrison force after the battle was won.
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