When World War II began September 1, 1939 the United States was officially neutral in the conflict. That all changed on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese launched an attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which was, and still is, US territory. The next day the United States declared war on Japan and the rest of the axis. Iwo Jima was first noticed as a target due to the fact that it was close to Japan and could be used as a landing base for damaged B-29s and a staging base for Air Raids against Japan. Meanwhile, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi of the Imperial Japanese Army ordered the creation of tunnels and bunkers under the island and in Mount Suribachi. It contained bases for troops, hospitals, weapons and more.
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| - When World War II began September 1, 1939 the United States was officially neutral in the conflict. That all changed on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese launched an attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which was, and still is, US territory. The next day the United States declared war on Japan and the rest of the axis. Iwo Jima was first noticed as a target due to the fact that it was close to Japan and could be used as a landing base for damaged B-29s and a staging base for Air Raids against Japan. Meanwhile, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi of the Imperial Japanese Army ordered the creation of tunnels and bunkers under the island and in Mount Suribachi. It contained bases for troops, hospitals, weapons and more.
- After the war in the Pacific turned against the Japanese, the IJA was pushed back to Iwo Jima where they fought the Americans and lost. Mike Sullivan fought on Iwo Jima where he had picked up a grease gun to replace his M-1.
- Iwo Jima is a small speck in the Pacific; it is 4.5 miles long and at its broadest point 2.5 miles wide. Iwo is the Japanese word for sulfur, and the island is indeed full of sulfur. Yellow sulfuric mist routinely rises from cracks of earth, and the island distinctly smells like rotten eggs.
- The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields (including the South Field and the Central Field), to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II.
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- ~300 anti-aircraft guns
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- World War II, the Pacific War
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| - Chester W. Nimitz
- Clifton B. Cates
- Graves B. Erskine
- Harry Schmidt
- Holland M. Smith
- Keller E. Rockey
- Marc A. Mitscher
- Raymond A. Spruance
- Tadamichi Kuribayashi
- Takeichi Nishi
- U.S. Marine Corps:
- U.S. Navy:
- William H.P. Blandy
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| - Maj. Gen. Clifton Cates
- Maj. Gen. Graves Erskine
- Maj. Gen. Keller Rockey
- A U.S. gun fires against Japanese cave positions in the north face of Mount Suribachi.
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- ~3,000 in hiding
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| - General Schmidt's division commanders on Iwo Jima
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