Editorial #13 - Iwo Jima and Okinawa _ Are They Worth it? Spring_1945

The American GIs are making progress in the Pacific.  Their current target – Iwo Jima.   When they hit the beaches of the island on February 19^th, 1945 we saw some of the most ferocious and bloody combat witnessed in the Pacific theater.   The island is largely volcanic soil – black, heavy, and unforgiving.   Thousands of Americans were murdered as they crossed the beachheads of the island and through the network of underground caves as they moved inland.  For what?  A black hill of volcanic dirt?  Is this worth the lives of thousands?

NOW, the Americans are targeting the island of Okinawa, their last jumping point in their island hopping venture.  It is only 340 miles from Japan.  However, Okinawa is thick jungle completely inhabited with Japanese soldiers!   I have one question for my readers…What on Earth are they thinking?!   They have already forecasted that taking this pile of jungle will cost the United States over 50,000 lives.  Is it worth it?  Why should we spend so many lives of American boys on this one island?

The Daily Mirror anxiously awaits your response. 

Response to editorial #11

This was a great idea from our president and army. The Japanese could not even thought about what to do when we started to island hop them. They were so confused on what we were doing it was not even funny. I don't think the Japanese could ever come back from this battle. They were so embarrassed by America. If America can keep this momentum going thoroughly the whole war we could stop what hitler had started. Now that would be something good for America to do. Wouldn't everyone want it to be the way it was before and not going in to war or have to fight with another country? America just want to have peace throughout the world and for everyone to get along! The world would be a much simpler and happier place and not so mean to each other. Why can't everyone just get along! Lets try that and see what happens!!l

Response to editorial #12

The battle of the bulge is a horrible lost for the Americans. This lost will only impact us for a little while and then we will cut back to the chase. We will come back from this and be as new as can be. Our medical staff is doing a tremendous job by helping out our wounded warriors. The medics and soldiers will keep on fighting as hard they can to win this fight. This battle might have been a little bump in the road for our soldiers but we will drive right over it and get carried on with the other part of the war we have to fight. We will keep our soldiers warm and our medics ready to fight the colds of the winter and the blood of the soldiers. This battle is not over yet and our army will keep on fighting until the very, very end.

Mitsuo Fuchida editorial #12

     Well of course America will be defeated by the end of winter. Germany has a strong force and they aren't spread to thin. With almost all of their troops focusing on this final stand they should be able to hold up for long enough. The only trouble is no allies are available at the moment. Japan will be done with America soon so we will send over our reinforcements.

Mitsuo Fuchida Editorial #11

     Hmmm... so I was wrong about that island hopping. It actually was sort of a good idea. No matter. Japan can still pull through. I am sure of it. If, and I said if, they even make it to Japan it would be to risky for them to even attempt an attack if we were to bring all of our troops back plus all of the ones currently here. They will never take that chance.

Erwin Rommel - editorial 12

Our men are doing a great job of keeping those filthy Americans out of our country. There is no way we will give up now and nor will we ever give up because our leader is doing whatever he can to support us and we need to take the support and make our enemy pay for what they have done. We are pushing the Americans back inch by inch and not stopping no matter what. Germany will always fight back and give our opponent the worst of nightmares because that is how this strongest nation in the world is going to fight. I wish the best of luck to the Americans because they are about to receive a world of pain because they messed with the wrong kind of people. Germany will end up on the victorious side one way or another because the is how Germans fight.

Erwin Rommel- newsblast #7

I'm glad to hear hitler still fighting on even at the worst of times. I will stand by his side if it means that we have a battle to be fought. When I signed up to be a commanding officer under the orders of a great leader like hitler, this is what I had hoped for. I hope that hitler will never give up and keep on pushing forward. It is sad that we are losing but no one will give up if that means we have to get the same punishments as last time. Those are unspeakable times but our leader brought us back up from the dead and gave us a reason to fight and we need to fight on like our great has shown for us. Live on and fight strong I hope we never lose.

Responce to Editorial #12

             Hello and good evening. It is me, Jonny Greenwood here once again. I have heard of the great struggle the United States is having in Bastogne, Belgium. And although they are facing a very powerful army, I have great confidence in the 101^st Airborne Division of American’s army. Those fine soldiers are facing The German army, a very powerful army that could have possibly defeated them. They are stuck in their foxholes with nothing to do but talk to each other and to wait for the enemy to stumble into their territory or for the Germans to launch a huge artillery barrage. And yet the Americans are still fighting harder than ever. They are showing no signs of surrender, and I don’t think that they will give up.

Your Fellow Soldier,

               Jonny Greenwood

Response to Editorial #12 - Benito Mussolini

The Germans are only starting to show them what there made of. We have warned those silly Americans time and time again. First we bombed them in pearl harbor to tell them to back of, then we played with them on the islands of Japan. And now were only giving them half our resistance to try and tell them to stop and look at all the souls there losing. I feel bad for the citizens of America. They are forced to not have peace and fight in a losing war. I only wish America would come to their senses and unite with us. There would be no war and we would be stronger together. To the Italians of America. Don't worry, help will be arriving soon. Whether it be through for or surrender, its coming.

Rimanete forti i miei fratelli Itallian.

(Stay strong my my Italian brothers.)

-Benito

Response to Editorial #11 - Benito Mussolini

The Japanese are just warming up with you silly American. There probably not even sending out train troops and your still having great difficulty defeating them. Your not even fighting on there main land, your fighting on their islands which they have dozens of. They can make it to your mainland anytime but you can barely even make it on to one of their many islands. I ask you this American citizens. Who would you rather fight for, a bully that disrupts peace and is failing at doing so, or a strong principal of the school who stops the bully before he even starts. America would represent the bully in this scenario, and Japan would represent the principal but you would already know that if you were not blinded by the tyranny that is forced upon you by the United States of America in which you are not allowed to join the movement of peace and unity. To all the Italians, Germans, and Japanese stuck in America, stay strong.

Resta forte il mio fratello e le sorelle.

(Stay strong my brother and sisters.)

- Benito

Kathleen Brockington Response to Newsblast #7

He is alive; he is dead.  What is next, he flies?? I mean let us get our stories straight people.  Is this a trick Hitler is playing on us?  Think about it:  Adolf Hitler is trying to distract us.  He is getting our minds focused on thinks that do not relate to what is happing right now on the Front Line.  All of a sudden Adolf Hitler is dead.  Where did we hear this?  I have to say, Hitler has some tricks up his sleeve.  I agree, there are no rules in war, but this should be illegal.  I only think this because Hitler has made this a mind game. 

I wish Hitler would die soon, honestly.  The sooner he is dead the sooner the war will be over, right???  This war has gone on for much too long and I am so sick of it.  I cannot imagine what it must be like to be on the Front Line in this stupid war, I would be so irritated.  Congrats Hitler for your mind ricks because I obviously fell for them...              

responce to editorial 12

great job 101's division for getting this far. so far from what i have heard you guys are having a tough time with the cold and supplies. i know that i cannot help you with this but i hope to give you some moral support. i am thankful for all you have done because who knows what the world would look like today. because of you we have managed to push Germans back to their home land. i know things don't seem promising because you aren't getting the proper supplies. also i have heard of the persistent bombings that are going on all through the knights. if you just believe you might just be able to stop their offensive and start one of your own offensives. dont lose faith because i believe in you.


                                  --albert einstein

Kathleen Brockington Response to Mission #4

For once the army understands.  Looking back on some of America’s previous wars, the army has pushed their solders too hard.  America was and is still known as the big dogs, so obviously they have to play their part.  They recruit so many of the American men to fight these horrible battles with them.  It made it worse for having created the draft system.  Granit so many lives went into fighting, and a good number came out, but too many lives were lost. 

It is a great change of pace to see America letting some of their soldiers return home.  It is bad enough that these men-these boys have to go to war, but that multiple siblings are going together.  Think about the mothers of these soldiers… they have to live with their sons going into war let alone not coming back.  Like I said, I am so glad that America understands what the life of these parents are like.

    

Bernardo Carloni- Response to Joseph Stalin

As a matter of fact, Hitler is not dead but stronger than he has ever been. We will gain hope and spread it all over Germany. We will take it to the Russians and defeat them and they will be lead by Hitler. The Russians already know that they will get beat and soon be controlled by the powerful leader, HITLER. How foolish you think that you could defeat the German Empire. we will continue to fight until we defeat you. We have already captured some of your country and sooner or later we will have captured it all and you and your government will be controlled by Hitler. There is no possible way that you can stop us and you know it. Half of the people in Russia do not like you being there ruler and they would like a new one. Well now they will. Everybody is wanting for Hitler to be their leader because they know that he would be great leader.

Keep going Germany!

Hideki Tojo-Editorial #12

This is some great news in addition to America getting weaker and weaker every Island they land on. It makes me happy that together, we are killing the american military from the core. There is no other way to describe the events that are leading to America's defeat. 

Editorial #12 - STALEMATE?! - Battle of the Bulge

Dear Readers,

We have spent many months being enthusiastic about the rapid advance of the Allies both in the Pacific and in the Atlantic.  However, today is a day of death, treachery, and of little progress.  It seems that the American Army is finding tremendous difficulty.

The Battle of the Bulge - Bastogne, Belgium
The American 101^st Airborne Division is meeting stiff German resistance in the frozen forests of Bastogne.  The German line threatens to consume them every day.  The Americans hide frostbitten in their foxholes waiting for deadly artillery strikes.  Some say they won’t last the winter.  Casualties are high and the fog refuses to lift in the frozen Ardennes forest.  German soldiers creep within inches of their foxholes at any moment.  It is a terrifying time for the souls of these soldiers to live through.  

Response to Editorial 11

Finally our island hopping plan is a success! For all those who thought this was a silly idea, take a look now. It seems you have lost your bet, so pay up. Axis, sadly you have nothing to pay. Shame. The Allies will find something in recompense. Hitler maybe? I have heard nothing from our little friends- perhaps you have nothing to say. This is true, because we can sense your fear. Axis, you are swimming in it. You have lost your position Japan, lost your role of power. Tojo, the plan you created was ambitious, to ambitious, which surprises me, because you are a tiny island. Who would have thought a country so tiny could hold all of that? Douglas, I applaud you on your success. Tokyo Rose, I applaud you on your failure. What you needed to do for it to become an achievement was do it in secret. We knew what you were doing! Why the criticism? Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fills the same role as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. Axis, what you are doing is unhealthy.

~Winston Churchill

Bernardo Carloni-Response to Newsblast #7.

All I can say is that Hitler is not dead. He and his army are stronger than they have ever been before. Whoever said that he is dead is wrong. The Allies thought that they would have a chance of winning the war and Germany would be defeated but that is not the case. Hitler is not dead and neither is his army. They will come back even stronger and defeat each and every country one by one until they have taken over the world . This is an easy step to take and we will handle it in the best way that we possibly can. Sooner or later the whole world will belong to Hitler and it will be in the best shape that it has ever been and ever will be. No matter what, the world was meant to be for Hitler to conquer and to rule.


Good job Germany! Can't wait for you to rule the world!

-Forever,
        Bernardo

Joseph Stalin Response- News Blast #7

Everyone but the Germans wish Hitler is dead but sadly he isn’t Germany will not gain more hope we will take them over and make sure no one like this ever becomes a ruler again.  Soon your economy will be worse we will take everything and make Germany a Communist country and under my rule.

Hitler Not Dead- War Rages on

Hearing the news that Hitler was dead was perhaps some of the greatest news i've heard in my entire life. With that tyrant out of the way the war wouldve been much easier to finish with a low morale German defense. Sadly my hopes were crushed days later when Hitler was still confirmed alive and well. But my Americans we will will not stop our relentless push to take down this power hungry tyrant. Living through war time is hell and i want to finish this for once and for all for you guys back at home. You have all been great sending as all the support you can and we fully appreciate it. We havent heard any news of our soviet allies in the east. We have only one source claiming that they are under attack by massive German Offensives. We can only pray that they will be able to hold their own. We just need one more final push to end this war and send Germany off the cliff.


                                                                   - Dwight D. Eisenhower
                                                                     Supreme Commander of Allied Forces