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Why the US Invaded Iwo Jima — And Why That Reason Collapsed

Credits and sources for this video.

Images (31)

• Holland Smith on Iwo Jima, 1945 (48298967266)
  USMC Archives from Quantico, USA. CC BY 2.0, cropped.
• Iwo Jima Cemetery, 1945 (16367176984)
  USMC Archives from Quantico, USA. CC BY 2.0, cropped.
• Iwo Jima Cemetery, 1945 (16963776396)
  USMC Archives from Quantico, USA. CC BY 2.0, cropped.
• Map of Iwo Jima, 1945
  Archives Branch, USMC History Division. CC BY 2.0, cropped.
• Marines Advancing on Beach, Iwo Jima, February 1945
  Archives Branch, USMC History Division. CC BY 2.0, cropped.
• Marines in Shelter on Beach, Iwo Jima, February 1945
  Archives Branch, USMC History Division. CC BY 2.0, cropped.
• Marines on Beach, Iwo Jima, February 1945
  Archives Branch, USMC History Division. CC BY 2.0, cropped.
• Marines Scouting Minefield on Beach, Iwo Jima, February 1945
  Archives Branch, USMC History Division. CC BY 2.0, cropped.
• 127-GW-306-109965 — Fifth Division Marines Advancing Uphill, Iwo Jima
  US Marine Corps. Public domain, cropped.
• 127-GW-319-112721 — Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan
  Pvt. Bob Campbell, USMC. Public domain, cropped.
• 3rd Marine Corps Iwo Jima Cemetery Entrance
  Marine Corps photographer. Public domain, cropped.
• 80-G-304845 (23872810953)
  National Museum of the U.S. Navy. Public domain, cropped.
• Bill Genaust
  United States Marine Corps. Public domain, cropped.
• Curtis LeMay (USAF)
  US Air Force (official portrait). Public domain, cropped.
• Ernest King
  United States Navy. Public domain, cropped.
• First B-29 on Iwo Jima
  Thayer Soule Collection (COLL/2266) at the Archives Branch. Public domain, cropped.
• First Iwo Jima Flag Raising
  Staff Sergeant Louis R. Lowery. Public domain, cropped.
• Henry Harley Arnold
  US Army Air Forces (via army.mil). Public domain, cropped.
• Iwo Jima- Amphibious Epic.pdf (page 216)
  Whitman S. Bartley. Public domain, cropped.
• James Forrestal
  US Navy (National Archives 80-G-701553). Public domain, cropped.
• Mount Suribachi, on the southern end of Iwo Jima
  U.S. Navy photo. Public domain, cropped.
• NH 58253 (26341405816)
  National Museum of the U.S. Navy. Public domain, cropped.
• P-51 Mustang taking off from Iwo Jima
  US Air Force photo. Public domain, cropped.
• P-51Ds at Iwo Jima
  United States Air Force. Public domain, cropped.
• P-51s at North Field Iwo Jima 1945
  United States Army Air Forces. Public domain, cropped.
• Ray Spruance
  U.S. Navy. Public domain, cropped.
• Stars and Stripes on Mount Suribachi (Iwo Jima)
  Photo 26-G-4140. Public domain, cropped.
• Tadamichi Kuribayashi
  photographer is unknown. Public domain, cropped.
• Tokyo 1945-3-10-1
  米軍撮影. Public domain, cropped.
• USAAF photo of Tokyo after the 10 March air raid
  United States Army Air Forces. Public domain, cropped.
• 敢闘ノ誓
  Imperial Japanese Army. Public domain, cropped.

Thumbnail

• 127-GW-319-112721 — Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan
  Pvt. Bob Campbell, USMC. Public domain, cropped, modified.
• First Iwo Jima Flag Raising
  Staff Sergeant Louis R. Lowery, USMC. Public domain, cropped, modified.

Films (11)

• To the Shores of Iwo Jima (US Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, 1945)
  "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" (1945), US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, US National Archives 80-MN-5124. Public domain.
• The Last Bomb (US Army Air Forces, 1945)
  "The Last Bomb" (1945), US Army Air Forces, US National Archives (ARC 65631, 342-USAF-18486), via the Internet Archive (FedFlix). Public domain.
• 5th Marine cemetery, Iwo Jima (US Navy, 428-NPC-11023, 1945)
  "5th Marine cemetery, Iwo Jima" (1945), US Navy, US National Archives 428-NPC-11023. Public domain.
• To the Shores of Iwo Jima, reel 2 (US Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, 1945)
  "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" (1945), US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, US National Archives 80-MN-5124. Public domain.
• Universal "Target Tokyo From Saipan B-29 Base" (27 November 1944)
  Universal Newsreel, "Target Tokyo From Saipan B-29 Base" (27 November 1944), via the Internet Archive (universal_newsreels). Public domain.
• Aerials of Iwo Jima (US Navy, 428-NPC-8939, March 1945)
  "Aerials of Iwo Jima" (March 1945), US Navy, US National Archives 428-NPC-8939. Public domain.
• Wrecked Japanese installations on Iwo Jima (US Navy, 428-NPC-8952, 15 March 1945)
  "Wrecked Japanese installations on Iwo Jima" (15 March 1945), US Navy, US National Archives 428-NPC-8952. Public domain.
• Flag raising on Iwo Jima (US Navy, 428-NPC-2429, 1945)
  "Flag raising on Iwo Jima" (1945), US Navy, US National Archives 428-NPC-2429. Public domain.
• Airstrip and town on Iwo Jima (US Navy, 428-NPC-11027, 11 April 1945)
  "Airstrip and town on Iwo Jima" (11 April 1945), US Navy, US National Archives 428-NPC-11027. Public domain.
• Marine casualties on Iwo Jima (US Navy, 428-NPC-8635, 4 March 1945)
  "Marine casualties on Iwo Jima" (4 March 1945), US Navy, US National Archives 428-NPC-8635. Public domain.
• Marines on Iwo Jima; POWs interrogated (US Navy, 428-NPC-8620, 28 February 1945)
  "Marines on Iwo Jima; POWs interrogated" (28 February 1945), US Navy, US National Archives 428-NPC-8620. Public domain.

Music

• Antonin Dvorak - symphony no. 9 in e minor 'from the new world', op. 95 - i. adagio - allegro molto
  Antonín Dvořák. Public domain.
• Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish' - I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato (Musopen Symphony)
  Felix Mendelssohn. Public domain.
• Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 - III. Poco allegretto (Musopen Symphony)
  Johannes Brahms. Public domain.
• Chopin - Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 (Luke Faulkner)
  Frédéric Chopin / Luke Faulkner. Public domain.

Sources (20)

• Whitman S. Bartley, Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic (USMC, 1954)
  archive.org/details/IwoJimaAmphibiousEpic
• Col. Joseph H. Alexander, Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima (USMC, 1994)
  archive.org/details/closinginmarines49080gut
• Craven and Cate (eds.), The Army Air Forces in World War II, vol. V (1953), "the official air force history"
  ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/V/AAF-V-19.html · archive.org/details/Vol5ThePacificMatterhornToNagasaki
• Mark Grimsley, "What If the Marines Had Skipped Iwo Jima?", World War II Magazine, déc. 2007 (reprise HistoryNet; reprise Navy Times 2020)
  historynet.com/marines-bypassed-iwo-jima · navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/02/20/what-if-the-navy-and-marine-corps-had-bypassed-iwo-jima
• Max Boot, "Iwo Jima: A Battle of Choice…", Los Angeles Times, 2005 (reprise HNN)
  historynewsnetwork.org/article/iwo-jima-a-battle-of-choice-waged-on-the-basis-of-
• Garand and Strobridge, Western Pacific Operations (USMC, 1971)
  archive.org/details/WesternPacificOperations
• National WWII Museum, "Iwo Jima: Sacrifice and Sanctuary"
  nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/iwo-jima-sacrifice-and-sanctuary
• Site Military (AP), 24 February 2020; Fox News (AP), 23 June 2016
  military.com/daily-news/2020/02/24/75th-anniversary-iwo-jima-flag-raising-some-struggle-history-changing-news.html · foxnews.com/us/marines-identities-of-iwo-jima-flag-raisers-were-mistaken
• US Air Force, "Remembering Iwo Jima and its importance to strategic airpower"
  af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/143014/remembering-iwo-jima-and-its-importance-to-strategic-airpower
• Robert S. Burrell, "Breaking the Cycle of Iwo Jima Mythology", Journal of Military History 68 (oct. 2004); The Ghosts of Iwo Jima (2006)
• Brian Hanley, "The Myth of Iwo Jima: A Rebuttal", Journal of Military History 69 (2005), pp. 801-809, with a reply by Burrell (known to us through Burrell's thesis, S12)
• Robert S. Burrell, Correcting the story of Iwo Jima: tragedy and triumph in the Pacific war, PhD thesis by publication, University of Warwick, 2021
  wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/171001
• Dr Jeremy Prichard, bureau d'histoire de la 20e Air Force, "Accounting for and honoring Twentieth's fallen Airmen", 27 December 2023
  afgsc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3627728/accounting-for-and-honoring-twentieths-fallen-airmen
• "Valor: Missions Accomplished", Air & Space Forces Magazine
  airandspaceforces.com/article/valor-missions-accomplished
• Wikipedia (en): "Battle of Iwo Jima"
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
• Wikipedia (en): "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima"
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima
• Wikipedia (en): "Tadamichi Kuribayashi"
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadamichi_Kuribayashi
• Wikipedia (en): "North American P-51 Mustang"
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang
• Wikipedia (en): "Bill Genaust"
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Genaust
• Wikipedia (en): "Forrest Sherman"
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Sherman