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How did it start?
On February 19, 1945, the United States invaded an island off of the coast of Japan, Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima is located in the Pacific Ocean, and is located near Tokyo. The U.S. believed that by invading Iwo Jima they could defeat Japan.