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The Battle of Saipan in June 1944 was a pivotal strategic victory for the United States, securing a vital airbase for B-29 bombers to reach Tokyo, but it resulted in one of the most harrowing episodes of the Pacific War. As American forces pushed Japanese defenders to the northern tip of the island, a humanitarian catastrophe unfolded. Fueled by intense Imperial propaganda claiming that US Marines would torture and kill captives, and following a grim directive from Tokyo to choose death over dishonor, thousands of civilians and soldiers retreated to the precipice.

US interpreters and Japanese-American soldiers used loudspeakers to beg them to surrender, promising food and safety, yet countless families leapt to their deaths from what are now known as Banzai Cliff and Suicide Cliff. This horrific event fundamentally shifted American strategic thinking; witnessing the absolute refusal of Japanese civilians to surrender convinced US leadership that an invasion of mainland Japan (Operation Downfall) would result in a bloodbath of unprecedented scale. This psychological shock heavily influenced the eventual decision to utilize atomic weapons to force a capitulation without a ground invasion.

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