The great battles of World War II -- Iowa Jima
Monday, February 15, 2016
After the Battle of Midway, by February, 1945, General McArthur's and Admiral Nimitz's plan of island hopping, to gain control of the Pacific, in route to an invasion of Japan, was proceeding in a positive manner. The methodical capture of the Philippine Islands, the Solomon Islands, the Caroline Islands, the Marianas was working, though the Japanese Army and Navy, fiercely resisted at every little island. Now, barely 500 miles from the Japanese Mainland, Iwo Jima, a key island in the Bonin chain, one of the Volcanic Islands was the next objective of the American march to Tokyo.