Banzai Cliff (Q11328397)

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  • English Wikipedia categories: Cliffs of Oceania, Historic district contributing properties in the Northern Mariana Islands, Landforms of the Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Mariana Islands stubs, Oceania Registered Historic Places stubs, Oceania geography stubs, Saipan, World War II on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Banzai Cliff is a historic site at the northern tip of Saipan island in the Northern Mariana Islands, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Towards the end of the Battle of Saipan in 1944, hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers (of the Imperial Japanese Army) jumped off the cliff to their deaths in the ocean and rocks below, to avoid being captured by the Americans. Not far away, a high cliff named Suicide Cliff overlooks the coastal plain, and was another site of numerous suicides. At Banzai Cliff, some who jumped did not die and were captured by American ships.

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cliff (Q107679) natural=cliff
National Register of Historic Places listed place (Q19558910) heritage:operator=nrhp

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Cliffs of Oceania natural=cliff
Historic district contributing properties in the Northern Mariana Islands place=islet, place=island, boundary=administrative, admin_level
Landforms of the Northern Mariana Islands place=islet, place=island, boundary=administrative, admin_level
Northern Mariana Islands stubs place=islet, place=island, boundary=administrative, admin_level
World War II on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands place=islet, place=island, admin_level, boundary=protected_area, boundary=administrative, historic