There were many of them, but Iwo Jima, Tarawa, and Saipan are three of those most remembered today.
Japan is a series of islands directly east of the Asian mainland. However, there are many, many islands "east of Asia." After all, the Pacific Ocean is full of islands and volcanoes and atolls.
US fought the AXIS powers in WWII: Germany, Japan, and Italy. NB Italy changed sides in 1943, and was on the allied side after that. Don't forget all those allied countries that fought alongside the USA, and in fact fought for years longer than the USA.
The british fought on one side and the french and indians fought on the other side. The colonists fought on the british side, and got andgry when the proclamation of 1763 was passed: it stated that the colonists did not have access to the other dside of the Ohio river valley, only the native americans who fought along with the conlonists and the british. my name is Jayda Alfred i am 10 years old and i just blew your mind.
it was named after the king of Spain King Philip II. that is why we came up with the name Philippines The islands that now composed the modern day Philippines was named after the Spanish king Felipe by the Spanish explorer Roy Lopez de Villalobos. The Spaniards called the archepelago Las Islas Felipinas. When the Americans defeated the Spaniards during the US-Spanish war the Americans renamed the islands Philippines and called it Philippine Islands.
The name "French and Indian War" can be misleading because it sounds like the French and Indians fought against each other. In reality, the English fought against the French in Canada, who had Native American allies.Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Why_is_this_war_sometimes_called_the_french_and_indian_war_sometimes_the_seven_years'_war_and_sometimes_the_third_carnatic_war_why_is_the_name_french_and_indian_war_misleading#ixzz1RRJKCKIf
The name of 4 islands in Japan are... Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Kyushu
Together they are called the home islands
Honshu
The group of islands south of Japan is known as the 'Ryukyu Islands'. These islands are officially named 'Nansei-shotou' in Japanese. This chain of islands stretches from Kyushu to Taiwan.
New Answer-Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku (main islands), together and covers 97% of Japan's land area.
The four main islands of Japan are Honshuu, Kyuushuu, Hokkaidou, and Shikoku.
Sigan Tunnel in Japan ( between two islands).
hokkaido kyushu honshu and shikoku
Shikoku is both the name for the smallest of the Japan's main islands and a breed of dog.
Asia
The Ryukyu Islands
That is the correct spelling of the country name Japan, a chain of islands in western Asia.The spelling of Japan in Japanese is: Nihon or Nippon.