Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the Planned Invasion of Japan
- From these bases, Americans could fly and return with bombers to Tokyo
- Men fought to the death and very few prisonners
- Kamikazes active
- Fire bombing of Tokyo after islands taken
- Invasion of Japan estimated to take 1 million American casualties
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