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Location map of Iwo Jima Bathymetric chart around Iwo Jima (by the Japan Coast Guard) Aerial view of Iwo Jima in 2014 Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima Iwo Jima from the International Space Station in 2016. Iwo Jima has an approximate area of 21 km 2 (8 sq mi; 5,189 acres).
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.
For the United States, Iwo Jima was an important strategic point between the United States and mainland Japan, needed for its close proximity to Japan as an airstrip for supporting aircraft in Japanese mainland bombing operations but became useful for damaged B-29s returning to the Mariana Islands from bombing Japan, a status that resulted in ...
Iwo Jima was the site of the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, and the island group came under the United States administration. The Volcano Islands were returned to Japanese rule in 1968. The Volcano Islands were returned to Japanese rule in 1968.
The United States Navy subjected the island to an unprecedented bombardment and, according to historian Samuel Eliot Morison, "In no previous operation in the Pacific had naval gunfire support been so effective as at Iwo Jima." [1] Nonetheless, Japanese artillery and machine-gun fire were extremely effective because the underground bunkers were ...
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Map of North Iwo jima. The island consists of the heavily eroded peak of an active stratovolcano, which rises 792 meters (2,598 ft) above sea level (804 meters (2,638 ft) according to other sources). Having a volume of 3,338 cubic kilometers (801 cubic miles), [5] it is the largest volcano in Japan by volume. [6]