Battle of Iwo Jima

World War II

Part of

Pacific War, World War II

Date

February-March, 1945

Location

Iwo Jima

Causes

Pearl Harbour attack

Result

US victory

Belligerents
USAball	Japanese Empireball

The Battle of Iwo Jima was an invasion by USAball to take the island of Iwo Jima from Japan Empireball during February to March 1945. USAball succeeded with 26,000 casualties in total. This is also where the famous photograph of the raising of the US flag was taken.

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