Iwo Jima 1945, The Marines
Raise the Flag on Mount Suribachi by Derrick Wright
One of the decisive battles of the War of the Pacific, Iwo Jima was
described by Lieutenant-General Holland Smith, Commander Fleet Marine
Forces Pacific, as the "most savage and most costly battle in the
history of the Marine Corps" - a titanic struggle that eclipsed all
that had gone before. Situated halfway along the B-29 Superfortress route
to the Japanese mainland, the island was of major strategic importance to
the US Air Force, but also to the Japanese, 20,000 of whom were deeply
entrenched in the island, and to whom surrender was not an option.
Complete with first-hand testimony, this book provides a definitive
account of the battle, from its origins to its hard fought conclusion.
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