Operation Iwo Jima

Japanese: 硫黄島作戦 - いおうじまさくせん

In February 1945, toward the end of the Pacific War, 61,000 troops from the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions of the U.S. Army attacked Iwo Jima (south of the Ogasawara Islands), which was being defended by 21,000 Army and Navy troops under the command of Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. The landing began on the 19th, and after about a month of fierce fighting, on March 26, the remaining 800 soldiers charged and were killed in battle, resulting in the annihilation of the Japanese army. Casualties among the U.S. troops were also heavy, totaling 29,000 dead and wounded.

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Japanese:

太平洋戦争末期の1945年２月，栗林忠道中将指揮下の陸海軍２万1000名の死守する硫黄島（小笠原諸島南方）に，米軍第３，４，５海兵師団６万1000名が攻撃。19日に上陸開始，約１ヵ月の激戦ののち，３月26日残兵800名が突撃玉砕し，日本軍は全滅した。米軍の死傷も甚大で死傷２万9000名を数えた。

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