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Iwo Jima Vision
In order to reduce the losses in combat and improve the efficiency of counterattack operations, the Allies did not choose to fight the fierce Japanese army islands by island. It adopted a strategic approach to skip some islands occupied by the Japanese. For the Ogasawara Islands, the Allies finally set their target on Iwo Jima, located in the volcanic islands in the southern part of the archipelago. Based on previous experience in fighting with the Japanese army, American soldiers are optimistic that under the crushing of absolute superior firepower, the Japanese army on the island will be gone within about a week. However, the Allied soldiers who were about to launch an island capture operation against Iwo Jima did not realize that what they were facing this time was a terrible opponent Tadashi Kuribayashi, who was very different from those lunatics who often launched a long-lived charge.
109 Division Commander Tadao Riribayashi
As the commander of the 109th Division, Tadao Riribayashi was born in a family of samurai. He studied in Japan's Army Non-commissioned Officer School and Army University in his early years. From 1928 to 1930, Tadao Riribayashi, who served as a military officer at the Japanese Embassy in the United States, took advantage of this precious time to travel around and gain a deeper understanding of the United States. Compared with other fanatical war madmen, Tadao Riribayashi can be regarded as one of the few "knowing American schools" in the army. On May 27, 1944, in order to strengthen the defense of the Ogasawara Islands, Japan established the 109th Division, which was expanded based on the original Mashima Guard, and appointed Tadao Kurirabashi as the division commander. On June 8, Tadao Kuribayashi received an order from Hideki Tojo to ask him to defend Iwo Jima. Tadao Kuribayashi, who has a clear understanding of the gap in Japan, the United States and China's comprehensive strength, knew that Japan would not win the battle. Before leaving, he expressed his feelings to his wife that "my ashes cannot come back from Iwo Jima." Tadashi Kuribayashi, who knew that this trip would not return, moved his command center to Iwo Jima for a longer period of time, so that he could command nearby in future battles.
Under the command of Tador Kuribaya, the Japanese turned Iwo Jima into a huge fortress
In order to withstand the United States' no cost bomb attack, under the command of Tador Kuribaya, the Japanese turned Iwo Jima, which had an area of only 23.73 square kilometers into a huge fortress with traversing tunnels and densely packed with castles. In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, Tador Kuribaya also tried his best to ban soldiers from launching Long Live Center or committing suicide, and informed the group of officers and soldiers, requiring each soldier to persist as long as possible.
American bomber that violently bombed Iwo Jima
At 2 a.m. on February 19, 1944, a raindrop-like bomb landed on the island that Tadako Riribayashi had been painstakingly running for months. On the Pacific Ocean, a bloody battle began.
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