Which best describes why iwo jima was significant in u. s. attempts to reach japan? the island had airfields that the u. s. military needed. the island had long-range anti-aircraft missiles. the island was home to japan’s naval fleet. the island had natural resources that the japanese military needed.

The best answer is The island had airfields that the U.S. military needed.

Victory in Europe enabled Allied war planners to focus their attention on the pressing need to defeat Japan. Yet the closer the Allies got to Japan, the fiercer the resistance they encountered and the higher the casualties. While fighting continued in the Philippines, U.S. Marines landed on Japanese-controlled Iwo Jima Island on February 19, 1945, a speck of volcanic rock 760 miles from Tokyo that was needed as a base for fighter planes escorting bombers over Japan. It took nearly six weeks to secure the tiny island at a cost of nearly seven thousand American lives. The Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima and other islands fought to the death rather than surrender.

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