Iwo Jima, okinawa and the planned invasion of japan
•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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After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall).
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