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February 19-March 26, 1945** media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?gbv=2&hl=en&q=iwo+jima,+japan&ie=UTF8&ll=24.817277,141.341171&spn=0.226606,0.307617&z=12&iwloc=A&output=embed" width="425" height="350" The battle of Iwo Jima was a battle fought between the United States and Japan on March and February in the year 1945 during WWII. The US got control of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima and its airfields. In the first days, Japan faced the invasion of Allied Forces. At 2 AM on February 19th, 1945, American’s invaded Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Not long after the invasion, 100 bombers attacked the island. That did not hurt the Japanese, though bombing was consistent. At 8:59 that same day, 30,000 American marines landed on the beach. They didn’t take fire until they reached a line of Japanese bunkers. They were connected to tunnels that were created with flamethrowers and grenades. These bunkers caused additional casualties. The arrival of armored units and heavy naval artillery caused the Marines to slowly advanced pasted the beaches. In the coming days, the marines were expected a banzai attack over night. This was the Japanese defense strategy in the Pacific. Kuribayashi had forbidden banzai strictly. He considered them futile. Towards the end of the battle, Japan became desperate for supplies, water, and food. They realized they were defeated. 
 * Battle of Iwo Jima



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This impacted history because the Americans became the first to use the atomic bomb. We chose this time period because it was one of the easiest to find information about. Also, it impacted a lot of American and Japanese history.









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