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Why did the allies want to take control of Iwo Jima and Okinawa?
It is believed that Iwo Jima and Okinawa were of great importance to the victory in the Pacific War. They were said to be the areas in which they could use as landing strips for the atomic bombs that would later destroy the Japanese homeland.
Why did the Japanese not defend the beaches?
The reason for Kuribayashi’s departure from the water’s edge defense strategy, which had been the normal practice for the Japanese Imperial Army, was that he predicted that American air and naval bombardments would destroy any defenses on the beaches.
What was the Japanese strategy at Iwo Jima?
Iwo Jima was targeted by the Americans as part of the Allies’ “Island Hopping” strategy, in which they would invade an island, establish a military base there and then launch an attack on another island. As such, Iwo Jima was considered a stepping-stone for the invasion of mainland Japan.
Why did the Allies capture so few Japanese soldiers when they attacked Iwo Jima?
Why did the Allies capture so few Japanese soldiers when they attacked Iwo Jima? The Japanese had planned for no surviving prisoners. Which of the following losses changed the Japanese plan to continues advancing and taking islands in the Pacific?
Were there tunnels Iwo Jima?
Iwo Jima was strategically important, enough so that air and naval bombardments of the island started in June 1944, almost a year before the battle. By the time the Americans invaded, Japanese soldiers had dug 11 miles of bunkers and tunnels all around the island.
How did the Allies win Iwo Jima?
Iwo Jima Falls to American Forces On March 25, 1945, 300 of Kuribayashi’s men mounted a final banzai attack. The American forces sustained a number of casualties, but ultimately quelled the attack. In the end, neither the U.S. Army nor the U.S. Navy was able to use Iwo Jima as a World War II staging area.