Created by Tom Horn on 29 Mar 2010, Last Update on 30 Mar 2010

Operation Iceburg - 1 Apr 1945

US fight the largest amphibious campaign in the Pacific Theatre of the war. The US objective was to seize a large island only 340 miles away from mainland Japan. Approximately 120,00 troops and 150,000 civilians were killed in the campaign.

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Tags : Japan,United States,Land,Naval,Aerial,Pacific,Combat

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