Iwo Jima and Okinawa
•From these bases Americans could fly and return with bombers to bomb Tokyo
•Men fought to the death and very few prisoners
•Kamikazes active
•Fire bombing of Tokyo after islands taken
•Invasion of Japan estimated to take 1 million American casualties
•Men fought to the death and very few prisoners
•Kamikazes active
•Fire bombing of Tokyo after islands taken
•Invasion of Japan estimated to take 1 million American casualties
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Summary-USA flew to Iwo Jima and Okinawa, two Japanese islands. The first raid's intent was to destroy infrastructure, and the second was to light everything on fire. The third raid dropped more bombs which prevented firefighters from taking action. 100 000 Japanese were killed.