Battle of Iwo Jima
From the Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can change
| Battle of Iwo Jima | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of World War II, Pacific War | |||||||
 Flag raising in Iwo Jima |
|||||||
|
|||||||
| Combatants | |||||||
 United States |
 Empire of Japan |
||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Holland Smith | Tadamichi Kuribayashi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 110,000 | 21,000 | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 6,821 dead 19,189 wounded[1] 494 missing[1] Total: 26,504 |
20,703 dead[1] 216 captured[1] Total: 20,919 |
||||||
The Battle of Iwo Jima was the American capture of island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese during the Pacific Campaign of World War II.
[change] References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
