A major victory for the Allied forces occurred during the Battle of Iwo Jima, where the United States military fought and conquered the island from the Japanese Empire11. Iwo Jima is the only World War II battle waged by the United States Marine Corps in which the overall number of American casualties exceeded that of the Japanese. During the Battle of Singapore, the Allied forces in Singapore attempted to resist the Japanese during the invasion, unfortunately they surrendered to the Japanese in February 1942 and about one hundred and thirty thousand Indians, British, Australians, Americans and Dutch became prisoners of war and remained in the Philippines, captured by Japanese soldiers1. Prisoners of war often suffered and died during capture due to abuse. They often starved and hid illness and disease while in captivity. The prisoners felt they had been abandoned by the country they once fought for. With the help of Filipino guerrillas, the Allied forces managed to raid a camp in Cabanatuan in January 1945. More than five hundred prisoners of war were again liberated1. Beck...