It was a major battle in the Pacific during Word War
II. The Americans wanted to capture the
island to establish a base of operations to invade Japan. Still it was a hard fought battle and many
soldiers on both sides lost their lives.
Eventually the war came to an end when the Americans dropped the atomic
bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
It was one of the first major international crisis of the Cold War. Since the Soviets blocked the Western Allies' railways, roads etc. the Western Allies organized the <span>Berlin airlift, where aircrews from </span>the United States Air Force, the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force, provided to the West Berliners up to 8,893 tons of necessities each day, such as fuel and food.
Demand is the amount of goods and services people want to buy.
Spain hoped to spread catholicism!
