Iwo Jima

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fighting the U.S. soldiers as he was told. (John Man 116)
Another important leader was Lt. General Holland M. Smith. Also
known as “Howling Mad”. He was in charge of leading the assault on Iwo
Jima. He successfully landed and deployed all of his troops. (John Man
117) Lt. Harold Schrider was also a major leader in the battle for Iwo Jima.
He was responsible for taking Mt. Suribachi. He was responsible for
clearing out the mountain after all the fighting was finished. (Iwo
Jima.com 2)
The Battle for Iwo Jima was very interesting to me and I wanted to
find out all about it. In my research I want to discover what was the
battle of Iwo Jima’s effect on World War 2, and what battle tactics were
used.3 days before the invasion the U.S. air force bombarded Iwo Jima with
B-29 bombers. In those 3 days Iwo Jima took 40,000 U.S. shells. This was
the longest and heaviest bombardment of the Pacific War. (John Man
117)After the U.S. air raids the Battles began.On February 19th ...

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fire they defended every part of Iwo Jima until the death. The
Japanese believed if fascism, fascism was valuing the nation before the
individual. The Japanese would do anything for Japan, and to save Iwo Jima.
The Japanese would fight any amount of soldiers until they were dead.
Kamikazes were a prime example of how the Japanese would do anything for
Japan. One man would load tons of explosives into his small one-man plane.
Then he would fly his plane into a ship or aircraft carrier and try crash
into it and sink it. The U.S. had no defense for the kamikazes except dog
fighting. Dog fighting was 1-on-1 combat in airplanes. The Kamikaze
planes were so small they were nearly ...

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