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The island of Iwo Jima was...

history · 14 March 1945 · 80 years ago

The island of Iwo Jima was declared conquered by Chester Nimitz, noting that "all powers of government of the Japanese Empire in these islands are hereby suspended", but fighting would continue. 

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