Okinawa was one of the most heavily fortified and strategically located islands in the the island-hopping campaign. The Americans planned to use Okinawa as a launching base for air attacks and eventually an invasion into the larger islands of Japan. For these reasons, it made sense to make it the final island in the island-hopping campaign, after which the campaign would shift into an invasion into the heart of Japan.
This larger-scale invasion never occurred, however, as Truman elected to end the war by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, rather than lose many more men and resources in a long and bloody invasion.
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because they couldn't vote
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The following best describes New England's climate...
Short warm summers and long snowy winters
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It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten Confederate states still in rebellion. It also decreed that freed slaves could be enlisted in the Union Army, thereby increasing the Union's available manpower.
So I'm guessing D or B.
