Iwo Jima: The Marine Corps' Epic Victory

by Jon Diamond

The campaign for Iwo Jima (Operation Detachment) from 19 February-26 March 1945 pitted the USMC Fifth Amphibious Corps (VAC) and the USN's Fifth Fleet against the IJA 109th Division and assorted IJN ground troops under the command of Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. After neutralizing Japanese air assets on Iwo Jima, the objective was to seize Iwo Jima's two completed airfields in the southern and central sectors and make them operational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1036107140
• ISBN13: 9781036107147
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 256 Pages