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Defense of Iwo Jima

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945

Tadamichi Kuribayashi19 February 1945

Iwo Jima · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Kuribayashi holds much of his fire until American Marines are ashore, then opens a coordinated defense from concealed positions.

Names involved

Tadamichi Kuribayashi

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