Japan renames island of Iwo Jima

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2007-06-21 · 1470 阅读
<p>Iwo Jima has now become the island of Iwo To, as it was known before the war. </p><p>The battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 saw 100,000 US troops attack 22,000 entrenched Japanese soldiers. </p><p>The battle produced one of the most enduring images of the war, showing US troops raising the Stars and Stripes on the island's highest point. <!--Element not supported - Type: 8 Name: #comment--></p><p>The island was the first Japanese territory attacked directly by ground troops in the war. </p><p>Most of the Japanese soldiers died in battle rather than be taken prisoner. </p><p>The Americans occupied the island after the war, and returned it to Japan in 1968. </p><p><b>Evacuated</b>
        </p><p>In Japanese, the original name Iwo To looks and means the same as Iwo Jima - or Sulphur Island - but has a different sound, the Associated Press news agency reports. </p><p>The civilians who lived there were evacuated in 1944 as US forces advanced across the Pacific. </p><p>Some Japanese navy officers who moved in to fortify the island mistakenly called it Iwo Jima, and the name stuck, AP says. </p><p>Joe Rosenthal - the Associated Press photographer who took the iconic Stars and Stripes photograph after the battle - died last year aged 94.<!--Element not supported - Type: 8 Name: #comment-->
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mg LV5

发表于 21-6-2007 12:47:00 | 显示全部楼层

小狮租房
this island is supposed to be a part of china.

mg LV5

发表于 21-6-2007 23:38:00 | 显示全部楼层

大家对历史很健忘呀。

v花无缺v LV8

发表于 22-6-2007 00:31:00 | 显示全部楼层

声讨一下[em13][em18]

v花无缺v LV8

发表于 22-6-2007 00:31:00 | 显示全部楼层

声讨一下[em13][em18]

香儿宝宝 LV7

发表于 22-6-2007 02:07:00 | 显示全部楼层

真各硬。。。。
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