events that took place will forever be history that everyone will remember. Back in 1945, when

WWII was taking place, many events happened including D-day & Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima wasn’t

the biggest thing that happened but was something that effected on how things were done in the

Iwo Jima is located approx. 650 miles south of Tokyo, Japan & is 8 square miles large.

Although Iwo Jima wasn’t that large, a lot happened to show for it. Iwo Jima was the first

Japanese soil that was invaded by the Americans in WWII & a total of 80, 000 Japanese &

Americans were involved. The Battle of Iwo Jima lasted 36 days, which was a little over a

month, that started on February 26, 1945 & ended March 16, 1945. Many people would describe

Iwo Jima in many different ways, but everyone has their own experience at the same time. The

easiest way to describe the events that took place would have to be that it was a fight between

70,000 American Marines & 22,000 Japanese men who were “gladiators.” They were called

gladiators because they used hidden tunnels & trap doors like a gladiat

well. Without the many men who were lost, we wouldn’t be able to call it the Battle of Iwo Jima

us was, “Where’s the bug-out route.”” When it was heard of the quote, many people took it in

Although the Japanese has good fighting on the ground, the Americans had better fighting by sea

they would fight by night, hoping to surprise the Japanese & take more control of them. The

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