WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEATER OF WWII
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Okinawa
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Wake Islands
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Bataan
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Iwo Jima
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.
Detailed explanation-2: -Battle of Iwo Jima, (February 19–March 16, 1945), World War II conflict between the United States and the Empire of Japan. The United States mounted an amphibious invasion of the island of Iwo Jima as part of its Pacific campaign against Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Americans secured victory on Iwo Jima on March 26, 1945, after both sides had paid a devastating toll in lives. Out of an estimated 20, 000 Japanese troops on the island, only slightly over 200 survived the battle.
Detailed explanation-4: -Of the roughly 20, 000 Japanese defenders, only 1, 083 survived, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command. Two of those survivors remained in hiding until 1949. Iwo Jima was an old volcano, shaped like a pork chop, about five miles long and 2½ miles wide.
Detailed explanation-5: -Why was there a battle at Iwo Jima? The US wants to use the island as an airbase from which to attack Japan’s home islands.