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》The US Army transporting materials at the beachhead
On the night of February 19, 1945, 30,000 US soldiers landed on Iwo Jima did not wait for the Japanese's usual long live center, but replaced it with a small-scale harassment operation. Under the suppression of the US military's firepower at all costs, the Japanese attacks did not achieve much results except for destroying some of the materials accumulated on the beach. In order to kill as many American soldiers as possible, some injured Japanese soldiers pretended to call for help in English to lure and shoot US medical soldiers or rescuers.
US Army, which is shelling Zhebo Mountain,
20, the US Army, which has gained a foothold, began to advance to key nodes on the island. However, the commander of the 109th Division, Division, , built a line of defense with traverses and densely packed buildings, but the attacking US Marine Corps is very miserable. The artillery bombardment and bombing cannot effectively destroy the Japanese defense system. The moving American soldiers were also subjected to continuous sneak attacks by the Japanese from all corners. Even the cleared castle often appeared again. In order to effectively clear the Japanese soldiers in the tunnel, the United States used rockets, flamethrowers and fire-breathing tanks, and poured gasoline into the tunnel for smoke and grilling.
Sherman Fire Tanks used fire spitting tanks to smoke the Japanese army. With the stalemate of the war, Japan's materials and ammunition were increasingly scarce, but Tadao Kurirabayashi, who was patient enough, still tried his best to forbid his crazy subordinates from launching suicide charges, and instead they were frequent night raids. The Japanese resistance put huge pressure on the United States, and several cruel hand-to-hand combat broke out on Iwo Jima. At 10:15 a.m. on the 23rd, six soldiers from the E Company of the 28th Regiment of the 28th Regiment of the 5th Marines raised the star and striped flag on Zhebo Mountain, 169 meters above sea level in the southwest corner of Iwo Jima. In order to let other friendly forces see the star-striped flags flying on Zhebo Mountain more clearly, at 12:15 noon, the US Marine Corps replaced a larger flag, and the US military reporter Joe Rosenthal took this exciting scene, creating a great photo in the history of World War II. "The Star-striped flag rose on Iwo Jima."
Stars and Stripes rising on Iwo Jima
The tragic battle on Iwo Jima continued until 9:00 a.m. on March 26, 1945, and only less than 1% of the more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers stationed on the island were captured. All the others chose to commit suicide or resist until the last moment, and two Japanese soldiers even persisted until 1949 before finally surrendering. On the United States, 6,821 people died and 19,217 were injured. The fierce battle in Iwo Jima gave the US military a deeper understanding of the Japanese character and began to carefully evaluate the losses to land on Japan. It can even be considered that the Battle of Iwo Jima was an important contributor to the United States' final decision to drop an atomic bomb on Japan.
Tokyo transformed into the sea of fire in the air raid
The victory of the Iwo Jima Battle gave the United States an important base to provide escort fighter jets for the bomber group, while Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya in Japan ushered in a catastrophe and soon ushered in a large-scale air raid.
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