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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.
Four divisions of the US 10th Army (7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two USMC Divisions (1st and 6th) fought on the island. Their invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces.
On April 1, 1945, more than 60,000 soldiers and US Marines of the US Tenth Army stormed ashore at Okinawa, in the final island battle before an anticipated invasion of mainland Japan. After a largely unopposed initial advance, US forces soon encountered a network of Japanese inland defenses.
Okinawa turned out to be the only campaign that Tenth Army would take part in during World War II. It was earmarked to take part in Operation Coronet, the second phase of the invasion of Japan, but the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and subsequent Japanese surrender, obviated the need to invade Japan.
23 Φεβ 2021 · On Feb. 23, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima (Feb. 19 to March 26), six Marines planted the U.S. flag at the summit of Mount Suribachi. The scene was photographed by journalist Joe Rosenthal...
18 Δεκ 2021 · On February 23, 1945, six U.S. Marines raised an American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima and created one of history's most recognizable images. Even after 75 years, Joe Rosenthal's "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" remains one of the iconic photographs in modern history.
Within less than 18 hours of the picture being taken, it became an iconic image of triumph in World War II. From February 19 to March 26, 1945, American and Japanese forces were locked in a grueling and bloody battle on the island of Iwo Jima. Taking the island.
