Battle Of Iwo Jima During World War II

The purpose of this investigation is to go beyond the perceived thoughts and facts about Iwo Jima, but instead, looking at first person accounts and eyewitnesses. Iwo Jima is known as “Thirty Six Days of Hell” which takes place from the 19th of February in 1945 to the 26th of March, 1945. During these thirty six days the goal of this battle was to obtain the island because of the location and how they would be able to utilize it for a landing strip for damaged aircrafts and replenishment. The scope of the investigation will be understanding what life was like for the soldiers on both sides throughout the battle. The method of this investigation will be using interviews, secondary sources with eyewitness accounts,

The battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were two of the most important American operations in the Pacific Theatre against the Empire of Japan during World War Two. The goal of the two operations was to secure strategically important islands close to Japan to use for bombing campaigns. The battles for Iwo Jima(February-March 1945) and Okinawa f(April-June 1945) killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians and helped to win the war for the United States.

December 7, 1941, known as the day of infamy. This was the day that the Japanese executed the attack on the U.S Naval base. This day was also the beginning of World War 2 on Japan. Before this day, the U.S had suspected that Japan would want to go to war against them. But the one thing that the

he Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest and fiercest battles of the Second World War in which the US Armed Forces captured the Iwo Jima Island from the Japanese. More than 6800 American servicemen lost their lives in the battle and thus the battle has come to known as the deadliest battle in Marine Corps history. Iwo Jima was an island strategically positioned and highly fortified as its three airfields were used to stage attacks on the US at the Pacific War. It was therefore Americas target to capture the island and use it to stage attacks on Japans mainland and use the airfields as emergency landing strips for the US Navy planes damaged during war. According to The Washington Post a small group gathered on Thursday February 18th

Iwo Jima remains the Marine Corps’s deadliest campaign. February 19, 1945 was the day of the initial assault on Iwo Jima. That morning nearly eight hundred vessels, ranging from battleships, cruisers, and destroyers to

Though the result of the battle was inconclusive, it remains the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 22,000 casualties. [1]

The battle for Iwo Jima was a bloody battle against the Japanese forces. The island took the heaviest and longest bombardment compared to any battles in the Pacific during the war ("Battle for Iwo Jima, 1945", 1960). The battle for Iwo Jima started in June of 1944 but the invasion of the island didn't start until February 19,

so they were resting the other two battle ships got ready to attack the Japanese

The Battle of Iwo Jima started on February 19 and lasted until March 26, 1945. It was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the Island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The Japanese defenders of the island were dug into bunkers deeps within the volcanic rocks. Around 70,000 U.S Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers took part in this battle. In the thirty-six days of fighting on the island nearly 7,000 U.S Marines were killed. Another 20,000 were badly wounded. Marines captured 216 Japanese soldiers; the rest were killed in action. The island was finally declared secured on March 16, 1945. It had been one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history.

    For many soldiers the battlefield was a tough place to be and they saw lots of terrible things happen. As David Fuller tells his story to PBS, this happened approximately five

On August 6, 1945, the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, on August 9, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The bombing devastated the entire country of Japan. A week after the second bombing, the Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, announced Japan’s surrender in World War 2.

There were many weapons that were used, it the war. These weapons included all sorts of rifles, bayonets, grenades, flamethrowers, machine guns, tanks, artillery, and gas. These were all the major equipment used in the war. All of these went meant for attacking, but for example the machine gun up was only used for defense. The bayonets were a very good choice and almost every soldier had one. While there were very few flamethrowers being used because if they got hit they would explode. Tanks acted like a wall, letting the soldiers get past on on their way, but landmines often blow up the tank making them not as effective as you would think they would be. But the artillery and gas where some of the most horrible things. The artillery would just shoot all day and would make huge holes in the ground and cause mass casualties. But the gas was one of the most deadly weapons because if it got to up to the shoulders it would burn them and often get in their lungs and kill them.

Gunshots firing everywhere left and right Soldiers dying one-by-one The bloodiest battle cost a lot of lives The soldiers were like wolves attacking their prey There were explosions that sounded like atomic bombs D-day, the battle that we will never forget Today

Located in Honolulu, Hawaii. It destroyed twenty American naval vessels, including eight huge battleships, and three hundred airplanes, and thousands of lives were taken. This then caused the US to fight back. Four years after the attack, the war was ending, but Japan wasn’t going out. the US dropped its 1st atomic bombs, The Fat Man and Little Boy on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It wiped out 90% of the city, and killed over 80,000 people once the bombs exploded. The impact of health of citizens were through the roof, cancer was raised to 10% - 44% through the

August 6, 1945 a date that is remembered as a symbolic date. The target Hiroshima with