Iwo Jima: The Graveyard for over 24.000 Men | Frontlines Ep 8 | Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2023
- The Battle of Iwo Jima took place from February 19 to March 26, 1945, and was one of the bloodiest battles of WW2 in the Pacific. The U.S. objective was to gain control of the island so that it could launch aircraft from there that would reach as far as Japan. However, the Japanese defenders, entrenched in an elaborate tunnel system, resisted fiercely, and it took 36 days for the U.S. to finally gain control of the island.
The Battle of Iwo Jima resulted in major casualties on both sides. Over 6,800 U.S. troops were killed in WW2, while nearly all 22,000 Japanese defenders died. The battle during WW2 was also the site of the famous photograph of six U.S. Marines raising the American flag on the summit of Mount Suribachi. This photo became a symbol of the courage and sacrifice of U.S. soldiers in World War II.
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Don't blur graphic images - people need to see what these men went thru. We all need to know how horrible war is. People today do not understand what our grand parents went thru so that they can live in a free country.
I resent the hell outta' your cendoring of images. The future generationd need and have a right to know just exacctly what war is hell means!
How woke of the producers during the segment on racial animosity to only show American examples.
Censoring the imagery removes the suffering of out relatives to make it PC and not really deadly to defend our way of life. Freedom ain't free.
Why blur the casualties. High school students who are considering going into the military should know that war isnt like some John Wayne movie
I have seen all these films in the past without blurring and they were terrible to look at. When I think about it the Americans could have blockaded the island and just make allowances for B29s landing in the ocean and rescue them but then who am I to say.
Ant. Laire, the Japanese studied moles haha dashery.
My Dad got a Japanese bayonet in the lower abdomen on his second day on Iwo Jima. He was a Navy Seabee. He screamed all night for the next 70 years.
There you go again! Blurring anything and everything you think might be offensive! If some viewers are offended over the costs of combat, then tell them to go watch a video about underwater basket weaving. The viewers NEED to know the truth by seeing the true costs of combat.
RUclips really sucks for their censorship. Too darned woke
My uncle Bertil Fellman of the 4th Marine division was kia on Iwo Jima on February 20, 1945. God bless and rest his soul.
You don’t “win” a Medal of Honor. It’s not a competition. You EARN one.
My Grandfather Robert Flesch Sr. Marine, fought on Iwo and got wounded in the leg. Proud of him.
Just returned 3 weeks ago from my 2nd trip to Iwo Jima in the last 5 years with Stephen Ambrose Historic Tours and The WWII Museum, hosted by The Marine Corps and the Japanese Government - for The Reunion of Honor. Two of the proudest days of my life, honoring these heroes, on both sides of this historic battle. For the Japanese, it is a Tomb called Iwo To, with 12,000 of the original 21,000 Defenders still unrecovered and entombed on the Island. It is humbling, sobering, and an honor to have walked this revered island twice, hoofing it round trip from the airfield to the Summit of Mount Suribachi. Since 1945, more people have summited Mount Everest than have summited Mount Suribachi. That is how difficult it is to get to this historic, elusive and exclusive battlefield. Glad and grateful to have been able to make the trip.
Thank you Woody Williams from West Virginia, we are so proud of him. He was the last Medal to Honor Recipient. I had the honor to meet him in 2021.
My dad was a first day lander on Tarawa…..he explained the mistakes the war planners made there and the Iwo Jima landing…..very dangerous days for the Marines …..thank god we have the USMC……Semper Fi……
My dad was there, he was only 19. Fought from Feb.19 to March 26th with 5th Marine Division, 26th Marine Regiment. Lost a lot of friends. My mom said he had nightmares for close to 10 years afterward. What we now call PTSD. After what the 5th Division went through at Iwo, they went back to Hawaii for R&R. They were prepping to invade the Japanese mainland on Kyushu when the A bomb was dropped.
Iwo Jima was also used as a base for the P-51s that escorted the B-29s on their strikes on Japan. It was much more than an emergency stop for the B-29s.
What an amazingly perfect production. My dad and step-dad were both involved in the South Pacific- Philippines. One of them part of the Bataan Death March. The other liberated the first. What a family story and sadness too.
A quarter of all Marine casualties in WW II. Unbelievable.