Iwo Jima, officially romanized and pronounced Iōtō (硫黄 （いおう） 島 （とう）, literally: " Sulfur Island"), [2] is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the Ogasawara Archipelago. Together with the Izu Islands, they make up Japan's Nanpō Islands.

The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.

2 天之前 · Battle of Iwo Jima, (February 19–March 16, 1945), World War II conflict between the United States and the Empire of Japan. The United States mounted an amphibious invasion of the island of Iwo Jima as part of its Pacific campaign against Japan.

2009年10月29日 · The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, the island of Iwo...

2025年3月24日 · Iwo Jima, island that is part of the Volcano Islands archipelago, far southern Japan. The island has been widely known as Iwo Jima, its conventional name, since World War II (1939–45). However, Japan officially changed the name to its Japanese form, Iō …

2025年2月18日 · The Battle of Iwo Jima was difficult and strategically important, putting U.S. heavy bombers in range of mainland Japan.

On Iwo Jima, site of a strategic air base located between the Mariana Islands and Japan, the Japanese carved out a network of underground fortifications aimed at turning the small volcanic island into a death trap for invading US Marines.

2025年3月29日 · Iconified by a world-renowned photo of U.S. Marines raising the United States flag atop Mount Suribachi, the Battle of Iwo Jima — fought Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945 — saw some of the fiercest ...

In the annals of US Marine Corps history, few battles resonate like that of Iwo Jima. The island’s hellish landscape included molten sulfur and steam, easily defendable terrain, miles of underground tunnels, dangerous surf, and hundreds of hidden fighting positions housing a fanatical, suicidal foe.

2025年2月19日 · On the morning of February 19, 1945, the first wave of United States Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima — commencing 36 long, perilous days of gruesome warfare, and one of the most...