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The History Press Ltd The Battle Of Iwo Jima : The Fight For The Pacific, 1945

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The History Press Ltd The Battle Of Iwo Jima : The Fight For The Pacific, 1945

On 19 February 1945, Operation Detachment began with US marine forces storming Iwo Jima, aiming to capture the island and its airfields.This was the first campaign on Japanese soil and would result in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific.A brutal example of war at all costs, the defending garrison fought to almost the last man; it was a fight they couldn’t hope to win against the superior US numbers, but they exacted horrific casualties on the invading forces before their ultimate defeat. In this concise account, Andrew Rawson uses timelines, diary extracts and detailed profiles to explain the lead-up to the campaign, the battle itself and its legacy, while maps and rarely published photographs place you in the centre of the unfolding action.With painful lessons learned, this vital battle of the Pacific theatre would inform US strategies and actions through the rest of the war, and here Rawson shows exactly how and why.

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