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Iwo Jima was the United States Marine Corps' toughest ever battle and a turning point in the Pacific War. In February 1945, three Marine Divisions stormed the island's shores in what was supposed to be a ten-day battle, but they had reckoned without General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the enemy commander. 'Do not plan for my return, ' wrote Kuribayashi in one of his many letters to his wife, Yoshii. He knew that he and his garrison could not defeat the Marines, but he was determined to exact a fearful toll in American casualties. In the 36-day battle for Iwo Jima, which eclipsed all that had gone before, the Marines lost nearly 6,000 men and the Japanese garrison was virtually wiped out.
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The Battle for Iwo Jima 1945, Derrick Wright
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 2003
- Encuadernación
- (Tapa blanda),
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- Título
- The Battle for Iwo Jima 1945
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Derrick Wright
- Editorial
- Sutton Pub Ltd
- Publicado en
- 2003
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0750931795
- ISBN13
- 9780750931793
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Tema histórico, EE.UU., Guerras, Segunda Guerra Mundial, Siglo XX, Militar, Japón, Asia, Batallas, Lejano Oriente
- Descripción
- Iwo Jima was the United States Marine Corps' toughest ever battle and a turning point in the Pacific War. In February 1945, three Marine Divisions stormed the island's shores in what was supposed to be a ten-day battle, but they had reckoned without General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the enemy commander. 'Do not plan for my return, ' wrote Kuribayashi in one of his many letters to his wife, Yoshii. He knew that he and his garrison could not defeat the Marines, but he was determined to exact a fearful toll in American casualties. In the 36-day battle for Iwo Jima, which eclipsed all that had gone before, the Marines lost nearly 6,000 men and the Japanese garrison was virtually wiped out.