Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

• The surrender of Japan to the Allied forces (correct)
• The fall of Okinawa to US forces
• The declaration of war by the Soviet Union on Japan
• The dropping of the second atomic bomb over Nagasaki

• They were marked by spectacular carnage (correct)
• They were insignificant in the overall war effort
• They marked the end of the war in Europe
• They led to the fall of the Japanese home islands

• The threat of a German counterattack
• The knowledge that war was still raging on in the Pacific (correct)
• The fear of a Soviet invasion
• The lack of significant victories in Europe