Losing one island cost Japan a war. That's a warning for the South China Sea | Analysis by CNN's Brad Lendon
Some 29,000 Japanese troops, almost the entire force Tokyo put on Saipan, in the Northern Marianas, were killed. US losses totaled almost 3,000 dead and more than 10,000 wounded.It was a pivotal moment in the war. Soon after the Battle of Saipan, the US took the nearby islands of Tinian and Guam. On all three islands, the US built runways to accommodate heavy B-29 bombers, the biggest bombers in World War II.
Why it's so tense in the South China Sea 01:17"This is a major change," he adds, noting that such bases used to be thought of as"sanctuaries well outside Chinese strike range."Underscoring the seriousness of the matter, a 2018 report from the RAND Corp. think tank recommended joint US-Australia air defense exercises as a deterrent against any possible action from China.
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