Why was the Iwo Jima significant to world war 2?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 8/16/2019

The US needed the Japanese Airfields located on the island.
It was basically half way between Hawaii and Japan. it was controlled by japan and America wanted it so they could bomb the island of japan.

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∙ 12y ago

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