Okinawa and Iwo Jima were important in defeating Japan because it gave the allied forces an emergency landing strip for crippled air crafts. It also allowed for sea and air blockades.
air base
So the allies can get closer to japan to stage attacks on them
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Japan
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Iwo Jima and Okinawa were captured in early 1945.
Its about 750 miles away
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa both fit this description.
For the USMC it was Iwo Jima. For the US Army & US Navy it was Okinawa. The kamikazes did most of the damage at Okinawa.
Iwo Jima was a possession of Japan since about 1862.
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.