Battle+of+Iwo+Jima+2014

__ **Battle Of Iwo Jima 19 Febuary - 26 March 1945** __

**Combatants:** United States Armed Forces and the Japanese empire.

**Location:** Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands

**Goals:** Capturing Iwo Jima and its airfields for attacking the main islands.

**Outcome:** Americans won


 * Other Facts: ** The battle Of Iwo Jima was controversial due to the heavy american losses and the questionable strategic value of the location. The island was heavily fortified with bunkers, underground tunnels, and hidden artillery positions. The ground troops were backed heavily by the Navy and Marine Corps aviators. The battle provided one of the most famous american military photographs of all time: the flag raising image below. This battle also involved ritual suicide by the japanese who would rather die than be captured.

Iwo Jima Flash Website Iwo Jima website 

      

media type="custom" key="25338004" media type="custom" key="25338016" 

Test Questions: What was a major cause of death for the Japanese at Iwo Jima that didn't involve the Americans? What does the famous picture of Iwo Jima depict? What made the island of Iwo Jima topographically unique? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">What was the main strategic value of Iwo Jima? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">A: suicide <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">A: A flag raising <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">A: It was a volcano island <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">A: Its airfields. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> Works Cited <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px;">"Battle for Iwo Jima, 1945." //Battle for Iwo Jima, 1945//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. <http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/battleiwojima.htm>. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px;">"Battle of Iwo Jima." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Oct. 2014. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima>. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px;">"Department of Defense - Battle for Iwo Jima." //Department of Defense - Battle for Iwo Jima//. N.p., 17 Feb. 2006. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. <http://www.defense.gov/home/features/iwo_jima/iwo.html>. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times; font-size: 16px;">"Iwo Jima." //Iwo Jima RSS//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. <http://www.iwojima.com/>.