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'''Iwo Jima''' is an unihabited sulfurous island 650 miles southeast of [[Tokyo]].  

'''Iwo Jima''' is an unihabited sulfurous island 650 miles southeast of [[Tokyo]].  

The '''battle of Iwo Jima''' in February 1945, was a victory by 70,000 American Marines over 22,000 Japanese defenders of a small island in [[World War II]]. Although the military advantages of winning were minor, the battle became iconic in America as the epitome of heroism in desperate hand-to-hand combat.

The '''battle of Iwo Jima''' in February 1945, was a victory by 70,000 [[American]] [[Marines]] over 22,000 [[Japanese]] defenders of a small island in [[World War II]]. Although the military advantages of winning were minor, the battle became iconic in America as the epitome of heroism in desperate hand-to-hand combat.

Iwo Jima was a small island (only 8 square miles) on the route of the [[B-29]]s from Saipan to Japan. Airfields there could provide emergency landing fields for stricken Superfortresses, so Admiral [[Chester Nimitz]] decided to take it; the  invasion was code named "Operation Detachment." Following a massive naval and air bombardment, 70,000 Marines landed on February 19, 1945.  

Iwo Jima was a small island (only 8 square miles) on the route of the [[B-29]]s from Saipan to Japan. Airfields there could provide emergency landing fields for stricken Superfortresses, so Admiral [[Chester Nimitz]] decided to take it; the  invasion was code named "Operation Detachment." Following a massive naval and air bombardment, 70,000 Marines landed on February 19, 1945.