The Japanese island of Iwo Jima has been renamed, 62 years after it became the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the second world war.
The Japanese Geographical Survey Institute agreed to requests by disgruntled former residents who objected to the name and wanted it changed back to the original, Iwo To.

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It is their Island so why not. Stalingrad has been renamed, Leningrad has been renamed, same for Breslau and many former German towns. History remains and the Battle will always been remembered as Iwo Jima, just like Stalingrad.

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