Created by Tom Horn on 27 May 2010, Last Update on 27 May 2010

Iwo Jima - 19 Feb 1945

Of the more than 18,000 Japanese soldiers charged with the defense of Iwo Jima, the first of the Japanese Home Islands, only 216 survive the battle. This was the only battle in the Pacific where US casualties (KIA+Wounded) outnumbered Japanese casualties.

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Tags : Japan,United States,Land,Pacific,Combat

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