<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">Battle of Iwo Jima</a> ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.