Battle of Iwo Jima

Causes for United States attack Iwo Jima

The Pacific war, also called the Asia- Pacific War refers broadly to the Pacific theatre of the Second World War that took place in the Pacific Ocean, it´s islands and in East Asia, then called also the far east. During the pacific campaign there were different battles, Pearl Harbor attack, lwo Jima, Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The battle of Iwo Jima was a mayor battle in which the United States fought and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island. I think this month-long battle included some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II. Despite the bloody fichting and severe casualities on both sides, Japanese defeat was assures from the start. The Americans possessed an overwhelming superiority in arms and numbers. United States of America had a plane launching base where they could launch bombers at the Japanese mainland this made it possible for the fire raids and eventually the nuclear bombing.

The subsequent invasion of the island by U.S.A forces resulted in the highest number of U.S. casualties of any operation to date in the Pacific War. Adding in the large United States casualty rate on Okinawa between April and early July of 1945 gave U.S. military planners a clear idea of how fiercely Japanese troops would defend their territory and how many United States casualties they would inflict in the process.

One major cause for United States to attack Japan was the past they have had, mainly the Pearl Harbor attack, United States had get with a feeling of revenge because of the surprise attack of Japan, as Japan had destroy completely the Pearl Harbor, United States wanted to remove something like they did with Pearl Harbor.

When the battle was almost over, and United States had almost have the victory, and United States throw the atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when it was not necessary, because Japan was almost surrendering and they had resist all that time only to have some honor and respect from the people. Unfortunately Nagasaki was an nuclear hell, that´s how United States obtained the total surrender of Japan and was the beginning of the Cold War.

United States of America had secured the victory of Iwo Jima battle, U.S had taken it us a revenge because of the destruction of the Pearl Harbor (Pearl Harbor attack), regaining his honor and being equal with Japan, because both countries have just lost territories on the battles.

In my opinion Iwo Jima was a consequence of the Pearl Harbor, because in the Pearl Harbor attack, United States had enter to the World War II. U.S.A had left with a grudge and a feeling of revenge, wanting to recuperate the territory they had lost, and making Japan lost some land because of what they had done in the past.

Written by: Rafaela Hermoza and Micaela Espinosa