Assault on Iwo Jima

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Article abstract: Type of action: Amphibious assault in World War II. Result: U.S. capture of a Japanese island air base located southeast of Japan.

The eight square miles of Iwo Jima, defended by Tadamichi Kuribayashi, served as the most important Japanese base in the Bonin-Volcano chain because its defenders could provide Japan with a two-hour advance warning of impending U.S. air attacks from the Marianas, and fighters from its airfields could intercept oncoming U.S. planes. Following a heavy but ineffective naval bombardment, U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima...

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