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IWO JIMA 1945
THE MARINES RAISE THE FLAG ON MOUNT SURIBACHI |
| By: |
Derrick Wright, Jim Laurier (Illus), David Chandler (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1841761788 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781841761787 |
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| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
23 February, 2001 |
| Series: |
Osprey Campaign S. No. 81 |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Description: |
One of the decisive battles of World War II, Iwo Jima was described as "the toughest fight in the 169 years of our corps". The island was of major strategic importance to both the US Air Force and the Japanese. The battle to decide it's fate is recorded here. |
| Synopsis: |
One of the decisive battles of the Second World War in the Pacific, Iwo Jima was described by Lt General Holand Smith, the overall Marine Commander, as 'the toughest fight in the 169 years of our corps' - a titanic struggle of savagery that eclipsed all that had gone before. The island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force, but also to the Japanese 20,000 of whom were deeply entrenched in the island, and to whom surrender was not an option. The loss of Iwo Jima was proof to the Japanese that the Americans could seize one of the world's most heavily defended islands. |
| Illustrations: |
70 b&w and 14 colour illustrations, chronology, bibliography |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
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Non-returnable |