A very one-sided naval action during the British evacuation of Norway in World War II, it is noteworthy for a very providential hit by a single torpedo which saved [...]

  The Doolittle Raid, a bombing attack on Tokyo, Japan, and other cities in the early months of World War II, lifted American morale and rattled Japanese belief in their [...]

  The ordeal of the United States Navy under kamikaze attack during January 4th, to 12th, 1945, when the performance of the kamikazes was at their peak. Background American planning [...]

The Fifth Division and Hill 362-A On the left flank meanwhile, the 5th division had been undergoing a hard fight of its own. Their objective was the highest hill on [...]

The Capture of Mount Suribachi The morning of D+1, the day after D-day, was a cold and miserable one for the marines ashore, dampened by a light rain. Morning light [...]

The Battle of Iwo Jima, fought from February 19th to March 20th, 1945, was the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, and one of the costliest of the Pacific War. [...]

DECLASSIFIED Recorded: 22 March 1945 Narrative by: Captain John L. Pratt, USN Sinking of the USS BISMARCK SEA off Iwo Jima. Captain Wright: This is March the 22nd, 1945, in the [...]

  The only kamikaze attack of the Iwo Jima campaign, the air attack of February 21, 1945, severely damaged one U.S. carrier, and sank a second, the last of the [...]

  On the morning of the 19th of February, three marine divisions were landed on the Japanese fortress of Iwo Jima. The Japanese made no move to contest the beaches, [...]