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The first B-29 bombing runs began in October 1944. But there was a problem— Japanese fighters taking off from tiny Iwo Jima were intercepting B-29s, as well as attacking the Mariana airfields. The U.S. determined that Iwo Jima must be captured.
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Significance of the Battle to the Marine Corps Iwo demonstrated that the Navy/Marine Corps team can succeed at their most violent and costly of missions: amphibious assault against a heavily fortified and fanatically defended enemy position Iwo Jima, like Chapultepec, Belleau Wood, and
The Importance of Iwo. In the fall of 1944, the American high command had decided to capture Iwo Jima. The little island was important because it was only 660 miles from Tokyo. Iwo and the bigger island of Okinawa were to be used as bases for the final invasion of Japan.
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The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.
- 19 February-26 March 1945(5 weeks)
- American victory
Feb 11, 2013 · A day-by-day account of the United States Marine Corps battle on the black sands and in the green jungles of the Pacific island which brought the Second World War to Japan.
THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA On Iwo Jima, site of a strategic air base located between the Mariana Islands and Japan, the Japanese carved out a network of underground fortifications aimed at turning the small volcanic island into a death trap for invading US Marines. When US Marine divisions invaded on
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The attack commenced at dawn on February 19, 1945, with units of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions landing, under the overall command of Marine Lt. General Holland Smith. No one imagined that it would evolve into the costliest battle in the history of the Marine Corps.
