Iwo Jima 1945: the Marines raise the flag on Mount Suribachi

WRIGHT Derrick

Iwo Jima 1945: the Marines raise the flag on Mount Suribachi - Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2001 - 96p. - Osprey Campaign 81 .

Iwo Jima occuppied a unique strategic location for B29 bombers half way between the Marianas Islands and mainland Japan. To wrest it from Japanese control the U.S. Marine Corps undertook "the most savage and most costly battle" in its history.

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IWO JIMA
SECOND WORLD WAR--PACIFIC THEATRE