Who was the leader of the US in the Battle of Iwo Jima?

He didn't do anything. The battle for Iwo Jima was between the US and Japan. Adolf Hitler was the German leader.

The leaders during the Battle for Iwo Jima was US Marine General Holland M. Smith who was the commander of US land forces and Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi was in charge of Japanese defensive forces on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima .

the us role in the battle of iwo jima was to invade it defeat the Japanese and take it over

The Battle (Campaign) of Stalingrad occurred before the US invasion at Iwo Jima.

450 ships were at Iwo Jima (both US and Japanese).

The President of the United States is the commander in chief of all U.S. military forces. During the WWII Battle of Iwo Jima, the President of the United States was Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The US Marines won the island of Iwo Jima; the greatest battle in US Marine Corps history.

Yes, there were thousands of United States military personnel at the Battle of Iwo Jima.

The Marines raised the US flag on the top of Mt Suribachi in the Battle for Iwo Jima.

Yes until 1965 when we gave it back to japan

29,000 were killed during the Battle of Iwo Jima. 7,000 were US deaths and 22,000 were Japanese deaths.

Iwo Jima '45.

US and Japanese combatants .

Other than for the airfield: Iwo was the greatest (and bloodiest) battle in US Marine Corps history.

Japanese versus US Marines .

The USMC (The US Marine Corps)

they used gunes

Hmm. B-29 was an American bomber; not a Japanese. The US wanted to capture Iwo Jima so they could use the airstrips as a base for their B-29's and bomb Japan. But B-29's were not involved in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Mount Surabachi

70,000 US servicemen and 22,000 Japanese soldiers fought on Iwo Jima. All the Japanese died and 26,000 Marines died.

President: Franklin D. Roosevelt General of the Battle: Holland Smith

The Battle Of Iwo Jima

they just went call of duty style

They didn't, they lost it to the invading US Marines.

The battle for Iwo Jima with 6,821 Marines killed .

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945

WW2, the US Marines retake this island from the Japanese.

The US Marine Corps.

Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" Smith .

Battle of Iwo Jima

They captured Iwo Jima in the year of 1945, and they raised the flag over Iwo Jima at February 23, 1945

US losses at Iwo Jima were 6,821 killed, 19,217 wounded and battle fatigue casualties totaled 2,648. Only 1000 were taken prisoner.

One bronze star issued for writing a major portion of the landing operation plan for the battle of Iwo Jima was awarded to US Naval Intelligence officer Charles Calvin Stanley Jr.

Yes, the IJN was pretty well decimated by 1945.

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Iwo Jima and Okinawa were captured in early 1945.

It depicts the raising of the US flag on Mt. Suribachi, the highest point on Iwo Jima, during the battle to capture the island from Japan near the end of WW2. It is seen as a memorial to the Marines who died there.

The film takes place on the Japanese Island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean where there was a WW2 battle pitting US Marines against the Japanese defenders who were dug into defensive positions .

The US lost 6,821 soldiers ,and 19,217 were wounded

For the USMC it was Iwo Jima. For the US Army & US Navy it was Okinawa. The kamikazes did most of the damage at Okinawa.

If we were in control of Iwo Jima, we would be in a better position to fight Japan, the halfway point.

U S Marines fought against the Japanese : the US vs Japan .

US Marines landed on the Japanese held island of Iwo Jima February 19 - March 26, 1945 .

The Japanese did not 'win' the Battle of Iwo Jima. Despite inflicting 3 American casualties for every 2 they received, the Japanese defenders were overcome and the island fell into US hands. The defense of Iwo Jima benefited Japan in that it bought time for defensive preparations on the Home Islands, as well as causing severe damage to three veteran US Marine divisions, which would need to take on and assimilate replacements prior to a…

Photos were taken of the Marines who placed the US Flags on the flag pole at the top of the mountain on Iwo Jima. Those photos became very famous. A memorial was created in 1954 to commemorate the horrible battles on Iwo Jima and all the men who fought and died there. The memorial is in Washington DC.

The last US Carrier sunk in WWII was the USS Bismarck Sea during the battle for Iwo Jima.

Interesting question. That battle began in February 1945. It was July when the decision was taken thus Iwo Jima was already taken.

Japan was creating an empire. They called it the "Co-Prosperity Sphere", when US declared war on Japan they began an island hopping campaign to take some of these islands because of there key locations; iwo jima is one of these islands

Iwo Jima had several airfields. Allied war planners decided that they wanted these airfields for several reasons: Japanese fighters taking off from these airfields could threaten B-29s flying from the Marianas Islands to attack Japan. B-29s needed an emergency landing field. The airfields in the Marianas Islands were at the extreme end of the B-29s' range, and there was no place for B-29s to land should they have problems (mechanical issues, battle damage, etc.). Iwo…