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Which of the following islands had to be captured in order to provide a staging area for U.S. bombing raids against Japan?

Sakhalin
Iwo Jima
Molokai
Reunion

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Answer:

Iwo Jima

Explanation:

Iwo Jima is an island that is located 750 miles off the coast of Japan and it had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan.

Because of that American forces invaded the island on February 19th of 1945, this invasion caused the Battle of Iwo Jima that lasted 5 weeks, it was one of the bloodiest battles in WWII.

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