HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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-1945-Last major battle in the pacific-Japanese planes took part in one-way suicide missions.-The U.S needed to control the island in order to invade Japan.-The U.S. wanted to destroy what was left of Japan’s naval fleet and control the airstrips on the island to be able to conduct air raids on the mainland of Japan.
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Battle of Okinawa
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Island Hopping
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Battle of Midway
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Attack on Pearl Harbor-December 7, 1941 Battle of Midway-June 4-7, 1942. Naval Battle of Guadalcanal-November 12-15, 1942. Battle of Attu-May 11-30, 1943. Battle of Tawara-November 20-23, 1943.
Detailed explanation-2: -kamikaze, any of the Japanese pilots who in World War II made deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets, usually ships. The term also denotes the aircraft used in such attacks. The practice was most prevalent from theBattle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944, to the end of the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Read more in our online classroom. Over the next two days, the US troops at sea and on Midway continued their attacks, forcing the Japanese to abandon the battle and retreat.
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