The conquest of Iwo Jima, shown from an American view in "Flags of our Fathers" and from the Japanese side in "Letters from Iwo Jima", was the most brutal and pointless of the Second World War.

以美国视角展现的《父辈的旗帜》和日本立场拍摄的《硫磺岛的来信》，表现的都是二战中最为惨烈和无意义的琉璜岛战役。

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If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest .

如果有一个原则深植于每个美国人心中，这个原则就是我们绝不参与任何征服。

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The last American who tried for a quick conquest of Incheon was Douglas MacArthur, in 1950.

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