Battles of WWII O Abandon Ship! Abandon Ship! – Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor O Explosions Across the Sky – The Battle of Midway O Frozen Fragments of Human.

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Battles of WWII O Abandon Ship! Abandon Ship! – Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor O Explosions Across the Sky – The Battle of Midway O Frozen Fragments of Human Shapes - The Battle of Stalingrad O We Took That Beach – The D-Day Invasion O Come Out Fighting – The Battle of Iwo Jima O Kamikaze! – The Battle of Okinawa

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Battles of Iwo Jima & Okinawa Date: March-June 1945 Purpose: Americans wanted control of the islands close to Tokyo. Key People: Americans and Japanese Outcome: In one of the bloodiest land battles ever the Americans won the islands and were ready to invade the Japanese homeland.

Battles of Iwo Jima & Okinawa