Iwo Jima
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:35 am
Over stated strategically or a good idea?
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by- ... -jima.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by- ... -jima.html
Good idea.
Although costly in the lives of US Marines, possession of Iwo Jima saved over 2400 hundred B29s and the lives of more than 24 000 USAAF personnel.