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The Battle of Iwo Jima (February 19 – March 26, 1945) was a pivotal World War II engagement in the Pacific.
Fought between the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the Imperial Japanese Army, the battle centered on the strategic island of Iwo Jima, critical for its airfields, which would provide a staging area for an invasion of Japan and emergency landing strips for B-29 bombers.
The island was heavily defended by a network of caves, tunnels, and camouflaged artillery positions, allowing the Japanese to inflict heavy casualties from concealed locations. (Related: Letters from Iwo Jima, a film by Clint Eastwood (2006). The story of the battle of Iwo Jima, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it. A must-see.)
The Marines faced a brutal frontal assault against these fortified defenses. The battle was won through overwhelming American firepower, relentless ground assaults, and ultimately, the complete eradication of the Japanese defenders, who fought to the last man. Its importance lay in securing a vital airbase close to Japan, though at an immense cost of life on both sides.
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