WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When the US took control of the islands ____ & ____, this put them in striking distance of Japan.
A
Hawaii; Phillippines
B
Bahamas; Florida Keys
C
Iwo Jima & Okinawa
D
Guam & Cuba
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On February 19, 1945, American forces invaded the tiny island of Iwo Jima to secure airstrips for American B-29 flyers. They encountered 21, 000 well-entrenched Japanese defenders. It would take the Marines over a month of fighting over an inhospitable terrain to dig out and overtake the Japanese.

Detailed explanation-2: -Over the next two and a half years, US forces captured the Gilbert Islands (Tarawa and Makin), the Marshall Islands (Kwajalein and Eniwetok), the Mariana Islands (Saipan, Guam, and Tinian), Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. With each island taken from the Japanese, the United States moved closer to Japan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Smith, USMC, landed on Iwo Jima on February 19. Despite the 14, 000 tons of shells fired on it by the U.S. Navy, the island was won by the blood of the thousands of Marines. The men attacked the massive interconnected underground defenses with flame throwers, bazookas, demolition charges, and grenades.

Detailed explanation-4: -The captain’s emissary, amid vigorous protestations from the governor, broke the seal and read the message which contained a notification of the surrender of the island of Guam.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the Pacific theater, however, American forces were still painstakingly conquering Japan’s Home Islands, one after another. After obliterating Japanese troops in the brutal Battle of Iwo Jima, they set their sights on the isolated island of Okinawa, their last stop before reaching Japan.

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