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Oct 22, 2024 · Battle of Iwo Jima (February 19–March 16, 1945), World War II battle fought between the United States and Japan over a strategically important island some 760 miles (1,220 km) south of Tokyo. A photo of Marines raising the American flag atop Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi became one of the Pacific War’s iconic images.
After the battle, Iwo Jima served as an emergency landing site for more than 2,200 B-29 bombers, saving the lives of 24,000 U.S. airmen. Securing Iwo Jima prepared the way for the last and largest battle in the Pacific: the invasion of Okinawa.
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This page features, and provides links to, all the World War II era maps we have of Iwo Jima, plus selected wartime aerial photographs showing all or a large portion of that island.
Online Library of Selected Images: -- EVENTS -- World War II in the Pacific -- Iwo Jima Operation, February - March 1945. -- Maps and Wide-Area Aerial Views of Iwo Jima (Part II) This page features more wartime aerial photographs showing all or a large portion of Iwo Jima.
Mount Suribachi in Octobet 1944 map detail, from- Iwo Jima Historical Map (Poster) (cropped).jpg 523 × 650; 119 KB
Aug 14, 2024 · This map depicts airfields, coastal defenses, artillery and antiaircraft, mortar positions, casements and blockhouses, signal towers, pillboxes, and observation posts and observation towers, among other features. The map notes that the thousands of caves on the island have not been plotted.
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80 km (43 nautical miles, 50 mi) north of the island is North Iwo Jima (北硫黄島, Kita-Iō-tō, literally: "North Sulfur Island") and 59 km (37 mi; 32 nmi) south is South Iwo Jima (南硫黄島, Minami-Iō-tō, "South Sulfur Island"); these three islands make up the Volcano Islands group of the Ogasawara Islands.
