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Iwo Jima no more

Discussion in 'Land Warfare in the Pacific' started by Slipdigit, Jun 20, 2007.

  1. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Slipdigit, Jun 20, 2007
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  2. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim Ace

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    Thats really disappointing. I think the US Govt should buy the Island as a war memorial, and keep it as Iwo Jima
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Jun 20, 2007
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  3. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    They can dang well call it what the want to. The boys that died on it, died on Iwo Jima, so that is what I will call it
     
    Slipdigit, Jun 20, 2007
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  4. mad mike

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    Absolutely agree with you it will always be Iwo Jima to us here
     
    mad mike, Jun 24, 2007
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  5. Col. Hessler

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    It is and always will be Iwo Jima to me.
     
    Col. Hessler, Jun 24, 2007
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  6. skunk works

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    Always Iwo, like....the "Nam"
     
    skunk works, Jun 24, 2007
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  7. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim Ace

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    Does anyone know of any other WW2 battle locations that have had their names changed? (I dont mean things like Volgograd.)
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Jun 25, 2007
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  8. mad mike

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    formosa is now tiawan
     
    mad mike, Jun 25, 2007
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  9. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    Chkalov - Orenburg
    Dzerzhinsky - Sorsk
    Friedland (of Napoleonic fame) - Pravdinsk
    Gzhatsk - Gagarin
    Gorky - Nizhny Novgorod
    Kaliningrad - Korolyov
    Komsomolsky - Yugorsk
    Königsberg - Kaliningrad
    Krasnoyarsk - Zhelenogorsk
    Leningrad - St. Petersburg
    Molotov - Perm
    Ordzhonikidze - Vladikavkaz
    Pillau - Baltiysk
    Preussisch Eylau - Bagrationovsk
    Stalinsk - Novokuznetsk
    Sverdlovsk - Yekaterinburg
    Voroshilov - Ussuriysk
     
    Za Rodinu, Jun 25, 2007
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  10. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    I found more! Here are a few:

    Stalinabad, 1929-1961 — Dushanbe, Tajikistan
    Staliniri, 1934-1961 — Tskhinvali, Georgia
    Stalino, 1924-1961 — Donetsk, Ukraine
    Stalinogorsk, 1934-1961 — Novomoskovsk, Russia
    Stalinsk, 1932-1961 — Novokuznetsk, Russia

    Also:

    Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany - Stalinstadt
    Chemnitz - Karl-Marx-Stadt
    Danzig, East Prussia - Gdansk, Poland
    Königsberg, East Prussia - Kaliningrad

    :D
     
    Za Rodinu, Jul 6, 2007
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  11. Ironcross

    Ironcross Dishonorably Discharged

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    I really want to know why didn't he change Moscow to Stalinscow.
     
    Ironcross, Jul 8, 2007
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  12. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    [​IMG] Joke of the year!
     
    Za Rodinu, Jul 8, 2007
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