Iwo Jima and Okinawa were captured in early 1945.
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, Okinawa, Tinian, Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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Guadal Canal, Guam, Midway, The Mariannas Islands, The US Soloman Islands, Alaska, Iwo Jima, The Phillipines, Okinawa.
These battles were very important to the U.S victory over Japan. BOth Iwo Jima and Okinawa where islands that held massive naval bases and airbases and severd as massive supply links to other Japanese islands. So when the U.S took them, it cut supply lanes to other unimportant, and important Japanese held islands.
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Okinawa is part of Japan and is the largest island in the Ryukyu Islands chain. Iwo Jima, also known as Iwo To, is also a part of Japan, specifically within the Tokyo Metropolis. Both islands are under Japanese sovereignty, although Iwo Jima holds historical significance due to its role in World War II.
Te costly capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa did hasten the end of the Pacific War as the factions were forced to holding peace talks.
those locations were important to the Japanese, so when the US took those islands, it was a turning point in the war
The significant thing about Americas capture of the Marianna islands Guam Saipan Tinian helped them get raw materials for their industries.
those locations were important to the Japanese, so when the US took those islands, it was a turning point in the war