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The Battle of Iwo Jima
a brutal and bloody World War II engagement where U.S. Marines invaded and captured the volcanic island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army, beginning on February 19, 1945, and lasting for 36 days, marked by fierce close-quarters combat against entrenched Japanese forces in a network of caves and bunkers, resulting in a costly American victory with extremely high casualties on both sides -
The Battle of Okinawa
the last major battle of World War II — and the bloodiest of the Pacific campaign