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.

2025年4月3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.

2009年10月29日 · On February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines made an amphibious landing on Iwo Jima and were met immediately with unforeseen challenges. First and foremost, the beaches of the island were made up of...

2025年2月18日 · Plans to capture Iwo Jima unfolded, June 15, 1944, with Army Air Forces and Navy bombardment of the volcanic island. This continued on and off again right up until and after the invasion....

Nicknamed Dinah Might this B-29 Superfortress was the first to use Iwo Jima for an emergency landing. The bomber landed on March 4, 1045, while Japanese troops still contested the island. (USMC Photo) In the annals of US Marine Corps history, few battles resonate like that of …

Iwo Jima: Landing the U.S. Marines: February 19, 1945. The Fourth and Fifth Marines, commanded by Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, USMC, landed on Iwo Jima on February 19. Despite the...

2014年2月21日 · February 16, 1945 D-3. The curtain went up on the Iwo Jima invasion on February 16, 1945. A fast carrier force under Admiral Mitscher steamed close to Japan and under a low, rainy ceiling launched its planes for a strike at the Tokyo and Nagoya-Kobe areas.

2020年2月19日 · Seventy-five years ago today, U.S. forces landed on a tiny Japanese island in the Western Pacific called Iwo Jima, beginning a fierce five-week battle that would cost thousands of American...

2020年4月29日 · It dominated the Iwo skyline, overlooking the landing beaches and the southern ground leading to the airfields, which were the Marines’ primary objectives. Unlike many of the South Pacific islands that offered a tropical climate and foliage, Iwo Jima was a cold, craggy, barren volcanic island.

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.