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  2. Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    Iwo Jima, officially romanized and pronounced Iōtō (硫 い 黄 おう 島 とう, literally: " Sulfur Island"), [2] is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the Ogasawara Archipelago. Together with the Izu Islands, they make up Japan's Nanpō Islands.

  3. Battle of Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Battle of Iwo Jima ‑ Facts, Significance & Dates - HISTORY

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    The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, the island of Iwo Jima had three...

  5. Battle of Iwo Jima | Facts, Significance, Photos, & Map -...

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    Battle of Iwo Jima, (February 19–March 16, 1945), World War II conflict between the United States and the Empire of Japan. The United States mounted an amphibious invasion of the island of Iwo Jima as part of its Pacific campaign against Japan.

  6. Battle of Iwo Jima - NHHC

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    This video depicts actual war footage from the Battle of Iwo Jima and, at times, has graphic representations of the reality of war and the ultimate sacrifice. Iwo Jima provides a crucial...

  7. World War 2’s Battle of Iwo Jima was a bitter five-week battle for a tiny Japanese volcanic island fought from February to March 1945. The U.S. figured it would only take a few days to capture the tiny volcanic island of Iwo Jima.

  8. Iwo Jima and Okinawa: Death at Japan’s Doorstep

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    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.

  9. Iwo Jima | WWII Battle Site, Volcano Island, Japan | Britannica

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    Iwo Jima, island that is part of the Volcano Islands archipelago, far southern Japan. The island has been widely known as Iwo Jima, its conventional name, since World War II (1939–45). However, Japan officially changed the name to its Japanese form, Iō-tō (Iō Island), in 2007.

  10. Battle of Iwo Jima - National Museum of the Marine Corps

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    Located roughly half way between Saipan and Tokyo, and directly under the flight path of B-29 Superfortress bombers headed to Japan, the island of Iwo Jima was a Japanese stronghold of crucial strategic importance and could not be bypassed.

  11. Battle of Iwo Jima order of battle - Wikipedia

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    On February 19, 1945, men of the United States Marine Corps invaded the island of Iwo Jima, part of the Volcano Islands chain, in the North Pacific. This invasion, known as Operation Detachment, was a phase of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.