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- From these bases Americans could fly and return with bombers to bomb Tokyo
- Men fought to the death and very few prisoners
- Kamikazes active
- Fire bombing of Tokyo after islands taken
- Invasion of Japan estimated to take 1 million American casualties
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Iwo Jima had 100 000 Japanese soldiers fought to the death to defend these islands against the USA. After these islands were taken, the US sent in fire bombings of Tokyo. These fire bombings only goal was total destruction.
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"I believe it is peace in our time." - Neville Chamberlain
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Were kamikazes the right idea to use to help end the war or could they have done something else so they didn't have to lose lots of soldiers?