WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEATER OF WWII
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Question
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Many Japanese died
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Close enough to Japan to bomb them and invade
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Japan surrendered
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Hitler gave up supporting Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -The US island-hopping campaign in the Pacific during World War II faced some of its fiercest resistance on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The fighting on those islands gave US planners a glimpse of what almost certainly awaited an invasion of mainland Japan.
Detailed explanation-2: -Taking the island meant more than a symbolic capture of the Japanese homeland. It meant the U.S. could launch bombing runs from Iwo Jima’s strategic airfields, as the tiny island was directly under the flight path of B-29 Superfortresses from Guam, Saipan and the Mariana Islands.
Detailed explanation-3: -Taking Okinawa would provide Allied forces an airbase from which bombers could strike Japan and an advanced anchorage for Allied fleets. From Okinawa, US forces could increase air strikes against Japan and blockade important logistical routes, denying the home islands of vital commodities.
Detailed explanation-4: -It had been one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history. After the battle, Iwo Jima served as an emergency landing site for more than 2, 200 B-29 bombers, saving the lives of 24, 000 U.S. airmen. Securing Iwo Jima prepared the way for the last and largest battle in the Pacific: the invasion of Okinawa.