Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)

US Marines take the island after savage fighting, raising the flag on Suribachi.

Specifications & Metrics

year

1945

Core Principles & Analysis

• Marines landed on 19 February 1945 against deeply fortified Japanese positions.
• Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi is among the war's most reproduced images.
• The island's airfields supported B-29 operations and emergency landings.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Battle of Iwo Jima