IWO: Bloodbath in the Bonins

An obvious target for a US amphibious assault, the Japanese had reinforced the garrison and dug miles of tunnels the length and breadth of the island. The island would be a refuge for malfunctioning or damaged bombers coming or going. Iwo Jima was a critical point on the flight path of US bombers from their Saipan bases to their Japanese targets. Their goal was to inflict maximum casualties on the Americans to force them to reconsider the seemingly inevitable invasion of Japan. The resulting.
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