Battle of Iwo Jima

The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb 19th until March 26th in 1945. In the battel America invaded the Japanese island trying to take over three air fields in the area. This attack was one of the first attacks on Japan from America on Japans home islands. The island was packed with under ground tunnels and bunkers the only way American troops were able to push on was because of the naval and air support. Iwo Jima is remembered mostly for being the battle that killed the most American troops of any other battle. Everyone thought the invasion of the island was useless put it proved its use when bombers sent to drop bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had to land there. The U.S. won the battle at Iwo Jima and the death to for Japan compared to America was 3:1.