✦ History

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign

February 19 – June 21, 1945

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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Battles 2

February 19 – March 26, 1945
Battle of Iwo Jima American victory Iwo Jima Chester W. Nimitz, Raymond A. Spruance, Marc Mitscher
April 1 – June 22, 1945
Battle of Okinawa Allied victory Okinawa Chester W. Nimitz, Raymond A. Spruance, Isamu Chō

Key commanders

Allies 7

Chester W. Nimitz Raymond A. Spruance military commander Marc Mitscher military commander William H. P. Blandy military commander Roy Geiger military commander Richmond K. Turner military commander Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. military commander

Axis 7

Tadamichi Kuribayashi military commander Takeichi Nishi military commander Isamu Chō military commander Mitsuru Ushijima military commander Seiichi Itō military commander Hiromichi Yahara military commander Soemu Toyoda military commander

United States 6

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

Empire of Japan 6

Isamu Chō military commander Tadamichi Kuribayashi military commander Mitsuru Ushijima military commander Seiichi Itō military commander Keizō Komura military commander Kōsaku Aruga military commander