I'm 67. My father was a marine grunt on Iwo, as he often referred to it. He was part of the 3rd wave and was there to the bitter end. "Made it without a scratch, " He would always say in amazement.
Very nicely done. My dad was a machine gunner in the 3rd Marine Division 9th Regiment. Previously, he had fought at Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Guam. He landed D+3 at Red Beach and then as you correctly showed they went up the gut of the island. My dad covered for the team that went down to the ocean to get a canteen of salt water to prove his group was the first to reach the North Beach. In 1995 I took my dad over to Iwo to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the taking of the island. Kuribayashi's headquarters were 7 levels deep. My dad and I went down to the 2nd level and it was hotter than hell. My dad turned to me and said, "I don't know about you, but I would rather be up top fighting than stay in here! Semper Fi!
Sorry for your lose, and I know what you are talking about. My father, who just passed this March at ninety-five, was on the USS Hansford APA 106 as a Seaman First Class. He also saw action at Saipan, Okinawa, and was in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender. Even as young boy, I was obsessed with the pacific war and was always bugging him to relay some of his experiences, but I got very little as he would never offer anything unless asked. RIP to two more of the greatest generation.
Iwo was needed because in addition to enemy action the B-29 had engine issues and many planes couldnt make it back to Saipan or Guam after unloading on Japan.. 6,000 marines died on Iwo but 2,451 damaged B-29 landed on Iwo with 24,510 crewmen many who would never have made it back to base..Marines saved a significant number of airmen with their sacrifice..
That's actually a misconception. No doubt that thousands of B-29s landed on Iwo Jima, however, only a fraction were actually critically damaged. Of the 2,451 bombers that landed, 80% utilized the island as a way station to refuel and extend their bombing range into Japan. The loss of 24,510 crewmen would have been completely unprecedented anyways, considering that air-sea rescue operations of heavy bombers prior to March 1945 never even exceeded 200 per month.
Another brilliant video. Love the map animations and attention to detail. More informative than any full length documentary I've ever seen on this battle. Please do Tarawa, Stalingrad or Ia Drang next 👏
It's really hard to truly put the concept of war into perspective if you've never been there to experience it. This really does hit home to imagine an island full people on either side fighting literally to the death until the last one falls or surrenders. I can't imagine what it must have been like to have gone through something like that and come out on the other side. Serious respect to all those who fought and sacrificed on that island.
A few years ago, I read the autobiography of Japanese WW2 pilot ace Saburo Saki (Samurai!). His squadron was based on Iwo Jima during the US invasion of the Mariana Islands. After the US captured Saipan, the Japanese on Iwo Jima and the Japanese military leaders believed that Iwo Jima would be the next target; and they conceded that Iwo Jima would fall quickly to the US since it had a bare-bone level of troops and it was very low on food, water, fuel, and ammunition; and there were no defenses built. Admiral Nimitz and other US military leaders wanted to invade Iwo Jima, but General MacArthur insisted that the US fulfill his promise to return to the Philippines. Instead of invading a nearly defenseless Iwo Jima, the US pivoted south to the Philippines. The Japanese military leaders were astonished by this reprieve so they flooded Iwo Jima with men, food, water, fuel, and ammunition; and laborers to build tunnels and pillboxes. General MacArthur got his “I will return” to the Philippines promise fulfilled at an incredible loss of Marines on Iwo Jima. Years later, General MacArthur almost annihilated the USMC at the Chosin Reservoir so it’s no wonder his legacy is so scorned by Marines.
My dad was of the WW II generation & was in the European theater. But because he had a brother some 18 years older meant he also had a nephew also in the war. That nephew, my cousin was a Marine on Iwo Jima. KIA at age 18. Much respect for all those who served.
9:00 - The flag raising scene was not recreated for the world's press as stated. They simply secured a larger flag from a ship and the cameraman was ready for the second raising of the larger flag.
@@Rich6Brew Yes, and many believe that was staged for the photographer but it was not. Note how none of the flag raisers are looking toward the camera. Rosenthal was just ready.
These kids now should learn about this war and the rest of WW2 and WW1 these men from England America and the rest of the world should never ever be forgotten these men fought for freedom.I'll never forget all hero's to me
There were two flag raisings on Mt Suribachi. The first was raised by 3rd Platoon, Company E, 2/28th Marines, led by the Company XO, 1LT Harold Schrier. The Platoon Leader, Lt Keith Wells, had been wounded. A few hours later the 1st Platoon brought up a larger flag and raised it while the first flag was taken down. It was the second flag raising that was captured on film by Joe Rosenthal, and upon which the Iwo Jima Memorial is based. It was not staged. There is a movie of the same event. My cousin was in the 3rd Platoon, and was killed about a week later on Hill 362A. He was the youngest of three brothers, all of whom served in the USMC during WWII.
This battle is only one reason why no U.S. citizen should ever take a knee. If you disrespect our standard, you disrespect all those who died defending it. Semper Fidelis
The invasion of Iwo Jima was the greatest mistake the Corp made in WW2. As RedAug commented in his reply the so called 2400 B29 landing was a myth. Remember there were only slightly over 2,000 B29’s built in the entire war. And they all were not in the Pacific at the same time. The numbers just don’t add up. The other myth was that P51 fighter could escort the bombers from Iwo to the Japanese mainland. The P51 vectoring radios had only a 150 mile range. Which was not nearly enough for the pilots flying them to navigate to and from Japan. In reality the B29’s flew escort for the Mustangs. The result was a tragedy for the Corps. Three crack Marine divisions were destroyed in 36 days of unrelenting combat. These divisions had to be rebuilt hastily for upcoming invasion of Japan. The men filling these divisions were not of the the same quality as those that had landed on Iwo. Thank God for the Atomic bomb. The Corp was about to be destroyed on the Japanese beaches had they landed.
The second flag was not raised for the world press. The co of the 5th I believe want the first flag for the marine corps he didn’t want some politician to get the flag
Information about a battle during WW2 considered offensive??? Really? GET REAL UA-cam!!! This is history! American/World History. PLEASE, TELL ANYONE THAT FINDS IT OFFENSIVE TO SIMPLY NOT WATCH IT AGAIN.
No better soldiers than the Japanese. Wonderful guys. Rather take as many the enemy to Val Halla as possible with them. Of course the Japanese have their own gods and heros. But fare play, they are one hell of a tough nation.
Imagine the Japanese just gave up on day one, without firing a shot, and went into POW camps. All of them + us marines would have come home alive not much later.
The Yamato people are all Japanese, a family connected to Emperor Jimmu. It's proof. Hakko Ichiu means that the world is like a family. This shows the fundamental principle of the international order, and the international order to date has been a weak and strong diet. A strong country exploits a weak country. However, Ichiu, the order of the family, does not mean that the strongest patriarch exploits the weakest family! A home is a system in which strong people work for weak people. The strongest country in the world is the weak country, the system that he does working for the weak people When it is possible, the world will be peaceful for the first time. Japan is the strongest, and The Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Area is united with the heart that gave birth to the heaven and earth. It was a battle to win racist excretion and fair trade Proud Japanese who fought in the Greater East Asia War! The atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The indiscriminate bombing of the Hawaii attack Not indiscriminate bombing NO It was a human experiment. America is, You should apologize. That is true It's an alliance
I'm 67. My father was a marine grunt on Iwo, as he often referred to it. He was part of the 3rd wave and was there to the bitter end. "Made it without a scratch, " He would always say in amazement.
I Can’t even imagine what he must have went through. You must be very proud of him.
Bruce Walters God bless you old man
Very nicely done. My dad was a machine gunner in the 3rd Marine Division 9th Regiment. Previously, he had fought at Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Guam. He landed D+3 at Red Beach and then as you correctly showed they went up the gut of the island. My dad covered for the team that went down to the ocean to get a canteen of salt water to prove his group was the first to reach the North Beach. In 1995 I took my dad over to Iwo to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the taking of the island. Kuribayashi's headquarters were 7 levels deep. My dad and I went down to the 2nd level and it was hotter than hell. My dad turned to me and said, "I don't know about you, but I would rather be up top fighting than stay in here! Semper Fi!
Obrigado por bcs lutaram por nos agradecimentos eternos
@@raphaelpasqualotto8653 Thank you for the note Raphael. Adonai
My grandfather fought on Iwo Jima. Never spoke of it nor did us grandchildren know until his funeral. I inherited his flag.
Sorry for your lose, and I know what you are talking about. My father, who just passed this March at ninety-five, was on the USS Hansford APA 106 as a Seaman First Class. He also saw action at Saipan, Okinawa, and was in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender. Even as young boy, I was obsessed with the pacific war and was always bugging him to relay some of his experiences, but I got very little as he would never offer anything unless asked. RIP to two more of the greatest generation.
勇敢な祖父に敬礼！
日本より！全ての英霊よ安らかなれ。
Eternos agradecimentos a vcs por lutarem por nos pela liberdade mundial
Brilliant work! In the 15-20 minutes of your videos we all get more detail and clarity than almost all hour long history documentaries out there.
原爆は愚かな殺戮行為です、貴方たちの歴史だけが正しいわけではありません。
Iwo was needed because in addition to enemy action the B-29 had engine issues and many planes couldnt make it back to Saipan or Guam after unloading on Japan.. 6,000 marines died on Iwo but 2,451 damaged B-29 landed on Iwo with 24,510 crewmen many who would never have made it back to base..Marines saved a significant number of airmen with their sacrifice..
That's actually a misconception. No doubt that thousands of B-29s landed on Iwo Jima, however, only a fraction were actually critically damaged. Of the 2,451 bombers that landed, 80% utilized the island as a way station to refuel and extend their bombing range into Japan. The loss of 24,510 crewmen would have been completely unprecedented anyways, considering that air-sea rescue operations of heavy bombers prior to March 1945 never even exceeded 200 per month.
Another brilliant video. Love the map animations and attention to detail. More informative than any full length documentary I've ever seen on this battle.
Please do Tarawa, Stalingrad or Ia Drang next 👏
Quite excellent. At age 74 I now understand how this battle was fought. Thank you!
So happy I found this channel. Definitely up there in quality with some of the bigger channels
Glad you enjoy it!
You are quite underated mate, keep it up and I'm sure you'll grow
Hope so!
It's really hard to truly put the concept of war into perspective if you've never been there to experience it. This really does hit home to imagine an island full people on either side fighting literally to the death until the last one falls or surrenders. I can't imagine what it must have been like to have gone through something like that and come out on the other side. Serious respect to all those who fought and sacrificed on that island.
Great accurate history of this battle. Excellent narration. Great documentary. Thank you - but so sad. So much death and suffering
Was grandfather was at Saipan & Iwo Jima with the 4th Marine Division. He made it home unscathed but unfortunately he lost many friends.
勇敢なお祖父様に敬礼！！そして亡くなられた英霊たちの魂が安らかならんことを、帝国軍人を祖父にもつ日本より。
A few years ago, I read the autobiography of Japanese WW2 pilot ace Saburo Saki (Samurai!). His squadron was based on Iwo Jima during the US invasion of the Mariana Islands. After the US captured Saipan, the Japanese on Iwo Jima and the Japanese military leaders believed that Iwo Jima would be the next target; and they conceded that Iwo Jima would fall quickly to the US since it had a bare-bone level of troops and it was very low on food, water, fuel, and ammunition; and there were no defenses built.
Admiral Nimitz and other US military leaders wanted to invade Iwo Jima, but General MacArthur insisted that the US fulfill his promise to return to the Philippines. Instead of invading a nearly defenseless Iwo Jima, the US pivoted south to the Philippines. The Japanese military leaders were astonished by this reprieve so they flooded Iwo Jima with men, food, water, fuel, and ammunition; and laborers to build tunnels and pillboxes.
General MacArthur got his “I will return” to the Philippines promise fulfilled at an incredible loss of Marines on Iwo Jima. Years later, General MacArthur almost annihilated the USMC at the Chosin Reservoir so it’s no wonder his legacy is so scorned by Marines.
My dad was of the WW II generation & was in the European theater. But because he had a brother some 18 years older meant he also had a nephew also in the war. That nephew, my cousin was a Marine on Iwo Jima. KIA at age 18. Much respect for all those who served.
勇敢なる世界の戦士たちに敬礼！！
Keep in mind how small Iwo Jima is. Thousands dead in the space of one small town.
This was the pivotal point of the war! Hats off men!
9:00 - The flag raising scene was not recreated for the world's press as stated. They simply secured a larger flag from a ship and the cameraman was ready for the second raising of the larger flag.
Jim Rosenthal took the famous still photograph as it happened.
@@Rich6Brew Yes, and many believe that was staged for the photographer but it was not. Note how none of the flag raisers are looking toward the camera. Rosenthal was just ready.
Really good video.
Glad you enjoyed it
These kids now should learn about this war and the rest of WW2 and WW1 these men from England America and the rest of the world should never ever be forgotten these men fought for freedom.I'll never forget all hero's to me
貴方たちの自由は白人だけが繁栄する自由です、何世紀にも渡る白人たちの悪魔のような行為を知って頂きたい。
@@BENI_clone1 English please and yes the Japanese should never be forgotten as well 👍
There were two flag raisings on Mt Suribachi. The first was raised by 3rd Platoon, Company E, 2/28th Marines, led by the Company XO, 1LT Harold Schrier. The Platoon Leader, Lt Keith Wells, had been wounded. A few hours later the 1st Platoon brought up a larger flag and raised it while the first flag was taken down. It was the second flag raising that was captured on film by Joe Rosenthal, and upon which the Iwo Jima Memorial is based. It was not staged. There is a movie of the same event. My cousin was in the 3rd Platoon, and was killed about a week later on Hill 362A. He was the youngest of three brothers, all of whom served in the USMC during WWII.
Great maps,good details and animation.Easy to digest for someone new to History.Just found your channel and subscribed.👍🍺
Awesome, thank you!
Great video. I really like your channel. Thank you sir.
Thanks and welcome
栗林中将が過小評価されてなくてよかったです。
勇敢に戦った双方の軍人に敬意を表します。
Great videos, just one note: please, put a SCALE and NORTH on the maps.
Noted!
@@historyradar9654 Will you eventually do Okinawa?
Drill instructor: John Basilone!!!
Recruits: Sir!!! John Basilone is awarded the Medal of Honor on Guadalcanal HE GAVE HIS LIFE ON IWO JIMA SIR!!!!!!
Clear explaination! nice video
Glad you liked it
"The US commanders failed to gather enough intelligence" why does that sound so familiar and fresh?
subscribed .....this was very well done
You know it's gonna be an epic video when you have to click 7 friggen times on the content warning button.
Keep up the great work!
Very interesting. Those marine's were very brave men.Thank You for sharing
I like and I subscribe. You'll get better with details. I believe you can do it. Good video.
This battle is only one reason why no U.S. citizen should ever take a knee. If you disrespect our standard, you disrespect all those who died defending it. Semper Fidelis
Great explanation!
Glad it was helpful!
My dad bombed and strafed Japanese positions during the invasion of Iwo Jima. He flew TBM Avengers for VT-84 on the USS Bunker Hill.
Iwo Jima was Hell on Earth, no doubt but Okinawa was the Cesspool of Hell.
そこまでしても守りたいものがありました、お互いに。
Nice man. TY.
The invasion of Iwo Jima was the greatest mistake the Corp made in WW2. As RedAug commented in his reply the so called 2400 B29 landing was a myth. Remember there were only slightly over 2,000 B29’s built in the entire war. And they all were not in the Pacific at the same time. The numbers just don’t add up. The other myth was that P51 fighter could escort the bombers from Iwo to the Japanese mainland. The P51 vectoring radios had only a 150 mile range. Which was not nearly enough for the pilots flying them to navigate to and from Japan. In reality the B29’s flew escort for the Mustangs. The result was a tragedy for the Corps. Three crack Marine divisions were destroyed in 36 days of unrelenting combat. These divisions had to be rebuilt hastily for upcoming invasion of Japan. The men filling these divisions were not of the the same quality as those that had landed on Iwo.
Thank God for the Atomic bomb. The Corp was about to be destroyed on the Japanese beaches had they landed.
Those were men , today it’s a different ballgame!
Happy Bday gramps! March 17 Sgt. Marine Core. Jimmy S. Anaya.from Santa Ana CA. Originally from NM. Honery Code Talker. Two twins patch.
Heres a reach for a video... Aussies fighting in New Guinea during WW2. Crazy environment
I couldn't imagine any harsher conditions than that of the dense jungles in the Pacific.
A costly island. I hope the airmen appreciated the sacrifice made on bloody iwo
Saw the 2 movies made by CLINT EASTWOOD ON IWO JIMA. READ PLENTY OF BOOK'S & ARTICLES ON THIS BATTLE. ALWAYS REMEMBERED.
At 10: 05 the camera man dies but look at the soldiers drop the guy on the ground and scoot, leaving him like what,what I do? Clabkaowie
The American commanders seriously considered gassing Iwo. FDR said no.
Has change, generals going without good intel, but have the balls blame lower ranks!
Brave men the Marines 👍🇬🇧
全ての勇敢なる祖父たちに敬礼！！
The second flag was not raised for the world press. The co of the 5th I believe want the first flag for the marine corps he didn’t want some politician to get the flag
So "all the Japanese casualties were killed"...my God...
Information about a battle during WW2 considered offensive??? Really? GET REAL UA-cam!!! This is history! American/World History. PLEASE, TELL ANYONE THAT FINDS IT OFFENSIVE TO SIMPLY NOT WATCH IT AGAIN.
RIP John Basilone
The only time in history, some had said the Japanese had the height advantage. 😂
Brave men heroes from Scott new Zealand
However...
１分１秒でもこの地を守れば本土の民間人がその分長く生きられる
アメリカ軍は日本本土を掌握する為
日本は本土の民間人を守る為
この島で我が命を捧げた
御冥福をお祈りします
No better soldiers than the Japanese. Wonderful guys. Rather take as many the enemy to Val Halla as possible with them. Of course the Japanese
have their own gods and heros. But fare play, they are one hell of a tough nation.
Imagine the Japanese just gave up on day one, without firing a shot, and went into POW camps. All of them + us marines would have come home alive not much later.
From Japanese perspective, their fight gave the U.S. the second thought about invading Japanese mainland.
It's "descent" into Hell" not decent !
まともに生きれる現在に感謝しましょう。
The Yamato people are all Japanese, a family connected to Emperor Jimmu.
It's proof. Hakko Ichiu means that the world is like a family.
This shows the fundamental principle of the international order, and the international order to date has been a weak and strong diet.
A strong country exploits a weak country. However,
Ichiu, the order of the family, does not mean that the strongest patriarch exploits the weakest family!
A home is a system in which strong people work for weak people.
The strongest country in the world is the weak country, the system that he does working for the weak people
When it is possible, the world will be peaceful for the first time. Japan is the strongest, and
The Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Area is united with the heart that gave birth to the heaven and earth.
It was a battle to win racist excretion and fair trade
Proud Japanese who fought in the Greater East Asia War!
The atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The indiscriminate bombing of the Hawaii attack
Not indiscriminate bombing NO
It was a human experiment. America is,
You should apologize. That is true
It's an alliance
"Animated"
An almost completely useless battle. A huge waste of manpower and material for no significant strategic advantage.
I know how these Maines felt. I play paintball plus my house has a termite infestation
Meatgrinder.