Banzai Cliff
During the Battle of Saipan (15.6.1944 - 9.7.1944) many hundreds of Japanese citizens and soldiers jumped from this cliff towards a certain death. Today there are a great number of memorial stones at this site, erected by family members to pay a last tribute to their beloved.
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- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Flickr
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- Suicide Cliff Saipan - San Roque
- Former Japanese Lighthouse Navy Hill - Saipan
- Open Air Display War Relics Garapan - Garapan
Monument
- Hoshoji Temple Banzai Cliff - San Roque
- Memorial Japanese War Victims Mid Pacific - Saipan
- Memorial Suicide Cliff - Saipan
Cemetery
- Japanese War Cemetery "Peace Memorial Banzai Cliff" - San Roque
- American War Graves CNMI Veterans Cemetery - Marpi
- CNMI Veterans Cemetery Saipan - Saipan
Fortification
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