How Did Iwo Jima Attack Japanese

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The American military invasion of a key island on the Japanese coast was a yearning for a place were B-29 bombers can ruin Japan land.Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops they fought from an elaborate grid tunnels,dugouts,caves and even underground installations they were all hard to find and destroy.American losses 5,900 dead and 17,400 wounded.The island substance was very important to the Japanese and they were determined to keep control of it.Iwo Jima had a great tactical importance the two airfields on the island could be used to by Japanese fighter planes to attack American bombers on their flight to Japan. Americans only advance several hundred meters pre day making Iwo Jima a hard and bloody attack.Japanese

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