Battle of Midway

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Battle of Midway
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Island Hopping
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Iwo Jima

• For 74 days, the U.S. pounded the small island
  with nearly 7,000 tons of bombs, and more than
  20,000 shells
• 110,000 American soldiers (25,000 killed or
  wounded) Vs. 25,000 Japanese soldiers (only 216
  surrendered)

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Okinawa

• 180,000 American soldiers and more than 1,300
  warships Vs. 100,000 Japanese soldiers
• 2nd largest invasion in world history behind D
  Day
• Japanese pilots flew 2,000 kamikaze attacks

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Okinawa

• Americans 50,000 dead or wounded costliest
  battle of the war
• Japanese Out of 100,000 soldiers, only 7,200
  remained to surrender
• The importance of these battles was that the U.S.
  was able to bomb the Japanese islands at will

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