✦ History

Part of Japan campaign

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign

February 19 – June 21, 1945 · Volcano Islands

Result Allied victory

US forces captured Iwo Jima and Okinawa to gain bases for the attack on Japan. Both battles were very costly, with tens of thousands of soldiers and many civilians killed.

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United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz military commander Raymond A. Spruance military commander Marc Mitscher military commander Roy Geiger military commander William Halsey Jr. military commander Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. military commander
Isamu Chō military commander Tadamichi Kuribayashi military commander Mitsuru Ushijima military commander Seiichi Itō military commander Keizō Komura military commander Kōsaku Aruga military commander

Strength and losses

Wounded
74,501
Aircraft lost
c. 773

Units

Tenth United States Army 1st Marine Division 27th Infantry Division (United States) 2nd Marine Division 7th Infantry Division (United States) 96th Infantry Division (United States) 77th Sustainment Brigade 11th Marine Regiment 147th Regiment (United States) 22nd Marine Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 7th Marine Regiment
4th Marine Division

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