/kloc-in February of 0/6, the battle of iwo jima began. The US military dispatched more than 200 ships and 400 planes to shell and bomb three Japanese airfields and beachheads on Iwo Jima.
/kloc-on 0/9, the 4th and 5th divisions of the US Marine Corps landed in the southeast of Iwo Jima with more than 250 landing craft and more than 500 amphibious tanks and armored vehicles under the cover of more than 600 aircraft and naval guns. After two weeks of fierce fighting, the remaining 3000 Japanese troops retreated to the cave to defend their positions.
On March 8, Lieutenant General Kurihara, head of the Japanese military division, committed collective suicide in a cave with more than 800 disabled soldiers.
In this campaign, the Japanese army killed 22,000 people and captured 1000 people. The US army killed 7,000 people and injured them 1.9 million people seized the island.
Finally, six American soldiers planted the national flag on the top of Iwo Jima, and this scene was molded into a statue and placed in the square of the army team.
Although Iwo Jima is a small island, it is in a strategic position. It is just between Tokyo and Saipan newly occupied by the US military, about 1200 km away from both places. After the US military occupied Saipan, it has always used Saipan as a base for air strikes against Tokyo. However, due to the alert function of Iwo Jima, the US air strikes against Tokyo have been ineffective. Japanese fighter planes stationed in Iwo Jima also take off from time to time to intercept and disperse the American fleet. In order to attack Japan in an all-round way, the US military is bound to seize Iwo Jima. For the safety of Tokyo, the Japanese army is bound to defend Iwo Jima. As a result, this abandoned small volcanic island became the battlefield of Japan and the United States in the late Pacific War.