Since Trico seems to have explained the gist of WWI pretty well, what is you're asking about WWII?

The Japanese Bombing of Pearl Harbor was what brought America into the war. America also went to Europe at that time, because Hitler declared war upon America, in hopes that Japan would help with is war effort-which they didn't.

Iwo Gima was a notable battle in the Pacific theater, where the US won.

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