What the records say
- When
- 8 Feb 1945 – 26 Mar 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 24.78° N, 141.32° E
- Description
- 1945 major battle in which US Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan during World War II
- War
- World War II
Battle of Iwo Jima
Major World War II battle in the Pacific Theater
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Navy (USN), and United States Army (USA) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the island with its two airfields: South Field and Central Field.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Battle of Iwo Jima – About 30,000 United States Marines land on Iwo Jima”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit der Landung von US-Truppen beginnt die Schlacht um Iwojima, eine der blutigsten des Pazifikkrieges”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille d’Iwo Jima, particulièrement meurtrière ; plus de japonais et marines sont tués”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el océano Pacífico ―en el marco de la Segunda Guerra Mundial― se inicia la batalla de Iwo Jima”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “美軍以800艘船艦組成之大艦隊，載陸戰隊兩師約30,000人，開始进攻距離東京僅750英里之硫磺島登陸，經過20多天激烈戰鬥，擊敗日軍”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “硫黄島の戦い開始。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page