The US invasion of Iwo Jima, known as ‘Operation Detachment’, led to five weeks of fierce fighting between around 21,000 Japanese troops and 110,000 Americans.Read more
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27th March 1915: Typhoid Mary placed in permanent quarantine in New York
Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was confined to permanent quarantine on North Brother Island in New York. Read More