Iwo Jima Research Paper

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Have you ever seen the photo where U.S. Marines are raising the american flag over a mountain? Well, that photo is from one of the most major battles in world war II called the battle of Iwo jima. The island was owned by Japan, the Japanese wanted to fortify Iwo jima because the U.S. decided to take Iwo jima to themselves to use it as a new base for bombs and fighter planes. So, Japan and the U.S. decided to fight for the island in a battle.

The battle of Iwo jima happened 72 years ago and has been named the 10th most lethal american battle and the most heavily fortified area in the history of welfare. 26,000 american marines and 23,000 japanese soldiers were involved in the battle. So I think how we won is because they had more soldiers

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