Iwo Jima 1945
Wright, Derrick / Laurier, Jim![Iwo Jima 1945](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/927/9272872/CHSBZCOP039272872.jpg)
One of the decisive battles of the Second World War in the Pacific, Iwo Jima was described by Lieutenant-General Holland Smith, Commander Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, as "The most savage and most costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps" - a titanic struggle that eclipsed all that had gone before. Situated halfway along the B-29 Superfortress route to the Japanese mainland, the island was of major strategic importance to the US Air For...