IwoJima 1945

The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the US Marine Corps
landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during WWII.
The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island,
including the three Japanese-controlled airfields (including the South Field and the Central Field), to provide a staging area
for attacks on the Japanese main islands. This 5-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting
of the Pacific War of WWII. After the heavy losses incurred in the battle,
the strategic value of the island became controversial. It was useless to the U.S. Army as a staging base and useless to the
U.S. Navy as a fleet base.However, Navy Seabees rebuilt the landing strips, which were used as emergency landing strips for USAAF B-29s
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Units involvedUS Ground units: USMC V Amphibious Corps
3rd Marine Division-4th Marine Division-5th Marine Division-147th Infantry Regiment (separate)
Aerial units:Seventh Air Force
Naval units:United States: U.S. 5th Fleet
Joint Expeditionary:Force (TF 51)--Amphibious Support:Force (TF 52)
Attack Force (TF 53)-Expeditionary Troops (TF 56)-Fast Carrier Force (TF 58)

Strength:110,000 U.S. Marines, U.S. Soldiers, U.S. Navy corpsmen, USAAF personnel & others
500+ ships 20,530–21,060 troops, 23 tanks, 438 artillery pieces, 33 naval guns,69 anti-tank guns, ~300 anti-aircraft guns
Casualties and losses:26,040 total casualties, 6,821 killed, 2 captured but recovered,19,217 wounded
1 escort carrier sunk,1 fleet carrier severely damaged,1 escort carrier lightly damaged,
17,845–18,375 dead and missing,216 taken prisoner,~3,000 in hiding