19 févr. 1945 - 20. Iwo Jima

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Critical to the US as a base from which heavily loaded bombers might reach Japan. Perhaps the most heavily defended spot on earth, with 20,700 Japanese troops entrenched in tunnels and caves. More than 6,000 marines died taking this desolate island, the greatest number in any battle in the Pacific to that point. Only 200 Japanese survived. Allies captured the base
Significance - Now bombers could reach Japan and made it easy for the Americans to attack the land of Japan.

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