Battle of Iwo Jima
the battle of iwo jima was the first wave of american soldiers attacking the japanese homeland. On february 19, 1945 U.S soldiers sent troops the attack the country of Japan and force them to surrender the first attack would be on the island of Iwo Jima. The main mission of Iwo was to take control of the japanese air fields rendering them to and infantry soldiers for the rest of the war. The battle was fought by 20,000 japanese soldiers vs 110,000 U.S soldiers. After months of fighting JApanese soldiers who used an amazing system of bunkers and tunnels on March 25, 1945 the U.S conquers the island of Iwo Jima.