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 island had airfields that the U.S. military needed.

Explanation:

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.

The correct answer is A) the island had airfields that the US military needed.

The statement that best describes why Iwo Jima was significant in the U.S. attempts to reach Japan.

Iwo Jima is located 740 miles from Japan, a strategic location for the Allied forces. Iwo Jima had one thing that the US military needed: airfields. Iwo Jima had three. It was the right place to establish a military base if the US wanted to invade Japan. For five weeks starting on February 19, 1945, both armies confronted in a bloody battle. Practically all of the Japanese soldiers died and historical records say that 7,000 marines were killed.  

on this day in 1939, in response to hitler’s invasion of poland, britain and france, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on germany.

the first casualty of that declaration was not german—but the british ocean liner athenia, which was sunk by a german u-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed and belligerent. there were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. of those, 28 were americans, but president roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy, declaring that no one was to “thoughtlessly or falsely talk of america sending its armies to european fields.” the united states would remain neutral.

as for britain’s response, it was initially no more than the dropping of anti-nazi propaganda leaflets—13 tons of them—over germany. they would begin bombing german ships on september 4, suffering significant losses. they were also working under orders not to harm german civilians. the german military, of course, had no such restrictions. france would begin an offensive against germany’s western border two weeks later. their effort was weakened by a narrow 90-mile window leading to the german front, enclosed by the borders of luxembourg and belgium—both neutral countries. the germans mined the passage, stalling the french offensive.