Iwo Jima, Battle of

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• Battle of Iwo Jima — Coordinates: 24°47′N 141°19′E / 24.783°N 141.317°E / 24.783; 141.317 …   Wikipedia

• Iwo Jima (disambiguation) — Iwo Jima may refer to: *Iwo Jima, a volcanic island in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands chain, now officially called Iōtō in Japanese, that was the scene of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see below) in World War II; administratively part of Tokyo, Japan.… …   Wikipedia

• Iwo Jima —    Iwo Jima was one of the famous battles in the U.S. “island hopping” campaign in the Pacific against Japan during World War II. More than 75,000 U.S. forces landed on the island of Iwo Jima 650 miles south of Tokyo from an armada of 880 vessels …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

• Iwo Jima — For other uses, see Iwo Jima (disambiguation). Iwo Jima Native name: 硫黄島 Location of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean Geography …   Wikipedia

• Iwo Jima — Cet article concerne l île japonaise. Pour les films du même nom, voir Iwo Jima (film) et Lettres d Iwo Jima. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Iōjima. Iōjima …   Wikipédia en Français

• Iwo Jima — /ee weuh jee meuh, ee woh/; Japn. /ee waw jee mah/ one of the Volcano Islands, in the N Pacific, S of Japan: under U.S. administration after 1945; returned to Japan 1968. * * * Island, the middle of the three Volcano Islands, Japan. Situated in… …   Universalium

• Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship — The Iwo Jima class helicopter landing platform ships (LPH) of the United States Navy were the first amphibious assault ships designed and built as dedicated helicopter carriers, capable of operating up to 20 helicopters to carry up to 1,800… …   Wikipedia

• Iwo Jima — I|wo Ji|ma an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to Japan, where US forces won a very difficult battle in World War II. There is a statue in Washington, D.C., of US ↑Marines raising the US flag on Iwo Jima after they had won the battle …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Iwo Jima — island in the northern Pacific Ocean; site of a bloody World War II battle in 1945 between United States Marines and Japanese military forces (the island was captured by USA in 1945) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Planning for the Battle of Iwo Jima — In anticipation of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi prepared a defense that broke with Japanese military doctrine. Rather than defending the beaches, Kuribayashi devised a defense that maximized enemy attrition.… …   Wikipedia

• Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima — is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.The… …   Wikipedia