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.

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.

2025年2月19日 · 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.

2025年2月18日 · The Battle of Iwo Jima was difficult and strategically important, putting U.S. heavy bombers in range of mainland Japan.

2009年10月29日 · 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...

2025年2月19日 · The Battle of Iwo Jima lasted from 19 February to 26 March 1945. The Japanese mounted one last desperate banzai charge on the night of 25 March, hoping to strike a final blow for the Emperor. The attack killed or wounded over 100 Americans, but when morning came, the island was officially declared secured.

2025年2月19日 · On the morning of February 19, 1945, the first wave of United States Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima — commencing 36 long, perilous days of gruesome warfare, and one of the most...

In the annals of US Marine Corps history, few battles resonate like that of Iwo Jima. The island’s hellish landscape included molten sulfur and steam, easily defendable terrain, miles of underground tunnels, dangerous surf, and hundreds of hidden fighting positions housing a fanatical, suicidal foe.

2025年2月23日 · Iwo Jima, a volcanic island about 660 miles south of Tokyo, was of interest to the U.S. military because of its use by Japanese forces to launch fighter aircraft. After taking off from Iwo Jima ...

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.Taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, …