The Battle For Iwo Jima

Author : Derrick Wright
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075099407X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle for Iwo Jima 1945 written by Derrick Wright and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Steven Otfinoski
Publisher : Tangled History
ISBN 13 : 1543575587
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Iwo Jima written by Steven Otfinoski and published by Tangled History. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines landed on a tiny Pacific Island called Iwo Jima. Facing rugged terrain and a deeply entrenched enemy, they embarked on a fierce five-week battld to take the island and its airfields from the Imperial Japanese Army. Through vivid storytelling, experience one of the most important battles of World War II.

Author : Robert S. Burrell
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 160344517X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghosts of Iwo Jima written by Robert S. Burrell and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1945, some 80,000 U.S. Marines attacked the heavily defended fortress that the Japanese had constructed on the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Leaders of the Army Air Forces said they needed the airfields there to provide fighter escort for their B-29 bombers. At the cost of 28,000 American casualties, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions dutifully conquered this desolate piece of hell with a determination and sacrifice that have become legendary in the annals of war, immortalized in the photograph of six Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. But the Army Air Forces’ fighter operations on Iwo Jima subsequently proved both unproductive and unnecessary. After the fact, a number of other justifications were generated to rationalize this tragically expensive battle. Ultimately, misleading statistics were presented to contend that the number of lives saved by B-29 emergency landings on Iwo Jima outweighed the cost of its capture. In The Ghosts of Iwo Jima, Captain Robert S. Burrell masterfully reconsiders the costs of taking Iwo Jima and its role in the war effort. His thought-provoking analysis also highlights the greater contribution of Iwo Jima’s valiant dead: They inspired a reverence for the Marine Corps that proved critical to its institutional survival and its embodiment of American national spirit. From the 7th War Loan Campaign of 1945 through the flag-raising at Ground Zero in 2001, the immortal image of Iwo Jima has become a symbol of American patriotism itself. Burrell’s searching account of this fabled island conflict will advance our understanding of World War II and its continuing legacy for the twenty-first century. At last, the battle’s ghosts may unveil its ultimate, and most crucial, lessons.

Author : Eric M. Hammel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1610607252
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iwo Jima written by Eric M. Hammel and published by . This book was released on with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Larry Hama
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781846030550
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Island of Terror written by Larry Hama and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-24 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A key strategic victory that paved the way for the Allied invasion of Japan, Iwo Jima was described by Lieutenant-General Holland Smith, Commander Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, as "the most savage and costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps." For 36 days in February and March 1945, Marines pounded an island fortified by miles of interlocking caves, concrete blockhouses and pillboxes - one of the most impenetrable defenses of the Pacific War. Unwilling to surrender, the Japanese fought until the bitter end: nearly all of their 20,000 troops were killed in the fighting, compared with 7,000 US dead. At Iwo Jima, the Marines secured an island base that would prove crucial in the final battles of the Pacific campaign. This book illustrates the Marines' decisive victory at Iwo Jima in graphic novel format and includes eight pages of background information detailing the key players, the experience of the forces, and the aftermath of the battle.

Author : Larry Earl Smith
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393062342
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iwo Jima written by Larry Earl Smith and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the 1945 battle documents the significant losses on both sides, the controversy surrounding the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal, and the alleged suicide of Japanese general Tadamichi Juribayashi.

Author : Bill D. Ross
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0394742885
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iwo Jima written by Bill D. Ross and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1986-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An hour by hour account of the largest and most brutal assault ever conducted by the Marine Corps.

Author : Richard D. Camp, Dick Camp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616732615
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iwo Jima Recon written by Richard D. Camp, Dick Camp and published by . This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iwo Jima, February 17, 1945: The mission: to scout the beaches for underwater obstacles and mines and determine whether the soil would support vehicles. Four Navy Underwater Demolition Teams (predecessor to the SEALS) and twenty-two Marine observers-backed by battleships Tennessee and Nevada, a cruiser, several destroyers, and twelve Landing Craft Infantry ships configured as gunboats proceeded with the operation. The story of what followed - the battle for Iwo Jima that no one knows - is fully told for the first time in this book, a heart-stopping account of ill-equipped but heroic forces under fire from an unexpected, overwhelming enemy. Drawing on first-person accounts, deck logs, and after-action reports, Dick Camp brings the action to harrowing life: the thin-skinned reconfigured LCIs fighting it out with the Japanese in a valiant effort to protect the swimmers caught five hundred yards off the beach; the battleship Nevada ignoring orders to withdraw and moving in to knock out the enemys heavy caliber guns; the devastating action - casualities of 40 percent - that very likely saved the actual landing on the 19th.

Author : Richard F. Newcomb
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805070712
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iwo Jima written by Richard F. Newcomb and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965.

Author : Jack Lucas
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786736313
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indestructible written by Jack Lucas and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the battle of Iwo Jima, two enemy grenades landed close to Jack Lucas and his buddies. Jack threw himself on one of the grenades, grabbed the second, and pulled it beneath his body. His buddies were saved, but Lucas was badly injured. Miraculously, he survived-but just barely. For this brave action seventeen-year-old Jack Lucas from North Carolina became the youngest Marine in history to receive the Medal of Honor. Indestructible reveals the rocky road that led Jack Lucas to Iwo Jima, his arduous recovery, and the obstacles Jack overcame later in life. Jack's moving and powerful memoir is a testament to America's greatest generation.