Battles of WWII O Abandon Ship! Abandon Ship! Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor O Explosions Across the Sky The Battle of Midway O Frozen Fragments of Human Shapes - The Battle of Stalingrad O We Took That Beach The D-Day Invasion O Come Out Fighting The Battle of Iwo Jima O Kamikaze! The Battle of Okinawa Students of History Battles of Iwo Jima & Okinawa Date: March-June 1945 Purpose: Americans wanted control of the islands close to Tokyo. Key People: Americans and Japanese Outcome: In one of the bloodiest land battles ever the Americans won the islands and were ready to invade the Japanese homeland. Battles of Iwo Jima & Okinawa