Название: Iwo Jima Amphibious Epic
Автор: Lt. Col. Whitman S. Bartley
Издательство: US Marine Corps
Страниц: 278
Формат: PDF
Размер: 44 мб
Качество: хорошее
Язык: Английский
Год: 1954
The assault on Iwo Jima came as a smashing climax to the 16-month drive that carried the amphibious forces of the United States across the Central Pacific to within 660 miles of Tokyo. Striking first at Tarawa in November 1943, American forces had swept rapidly westward, seizing only those islands essential for support of future operations. Many powerful enemy strongholds were bypassed and neutralized. By the fall of 1944 the small but heavily fortified island of Iwo Jima, lying midway between the Marianas and the heart of the Japanese Empire, had assumed such strategic importance that its rapid seizure became imperative. Neutralization would not suffice; Iwo must become an operational United States base.
