{"product_id":"9781841761787-iwo-jima-1945","title":"Iwo Jima 1945","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Marines raise the flag on Mount Suribachi\u003cbr\u003eOne of the decisive battles of World War II, Iwo Jima was described as \"the toughest fight in the 169 years of our corps\". The island was of major strategic importance to both the US Air Force and the Japanese. The battle to decide it's fate is recorded here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA definitive account of the battle of Iwo Jima, from its origins to its hard-fought conclusion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the decisive battles of the Second World War in the Pacific, Iwo Jima was described by Lieutenant-General Holland Smith, Commander Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, as 'The most savage and most costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps' - a titanic struggle that eclipsed all that had gone before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSituated halfway along the B-29 Superfortress route to the Japanese mainland, the island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force, but also to the Japanese, 20,000 of whom were deeply entrenched in the island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55479391486326,"sku":"9781841761787","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31283073.jpg?v=1744194943","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781841761787-iwo-jima-1945","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}