Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島, Hepburn: Iōjima; English: , Japanese: [ì.ó̞ó̞.(ɟ̟͡)ʑí.mä́], lit. 'Sulfur Island'), officially named Iwo Tō (硫黄島, Iōtō; [ì.ó̞ó̞.tó̞ó̞]), is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and...
The Volcano Islands (火山列島, Kazan Rettō), also known as Iwo Islands (硫黄列島, Iō Rettō) are a group of three Japanese islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. They lie southwest of the Ogasawara Islands and are administered as part of them. The...
The Battle of Iwo Jima (硫黄島の戦い, Iōtō no Tatakai,or Iōjima no Tatakai; 19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Navy (USN), and United States Army (USA) landed on and eventually...
North Iwo Jima (Japanese: 北硫黄島, Kita Iwōjima, "North Sulfur Island"), officially North or Kita Iōtō (written with the same characters) and previously known as Santo or San Alessandro, Hooge Meeuwen Island (Dutch: t'Hooge Meuwen Eylandt, "High...
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōjima no Seijōki; lit. "The Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima") is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in...
South Iwo Jima (南硫黄島, Minami-Iōtō; "South Sulfur Island"), officially Minami Iōtō or South Iōtō (written with the same characters) since 18 June 2007 and also formerly known as Santo Agustino, is a 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) uninhabited island in the North...
The Bonin Islands, also known as the Ogasawara Islands (Japanese: 小笠原諸島), are a Japanese archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands located around 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) SSE of Tokyo and 1,600 kilometers (1,000 mi) northwest of Guam....
Japan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited. Japan is the third-largest island country in the world, behind Indonesia and Madagascar. Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world,...
Central Field or Iwo Jima Air Base (IATA: IWO, ICAO: RJAW) is a former World War II airfield on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands, located in the Central Pacific. The Bonin Islands are part of Japan. Today, the base is the only airfield on the island,...
Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島からの手紙, Hepburn: Iōjima Kara no Tegami) is a 2006 American Japanese-language war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo...