Team of bolo of U.S. Army of sulfureous island battle

On square of American capital Washington, have giant and statuary, bing Zhengfen force inserts taxi of 5 Marine Corpses an ensign of one side United States. This statuary be famous picture model becomes a piece of World War II that according to tall of associated press reporter Er of tower of · Luo Sen films, and what this piece of photograph behaves is the bloody battle on sulfureous island.

This is an U.S. Army that we never had seen: Take the U.S. Army of firepower seriously all along, learning a Chinese to use bolo actually, look at a flock of United States soldier to taking the look of assault of the knife that chop hill, is the feeling very weird? Actually, this is U.S. Army of period of World War II equipment is coming loose the chopper that plays a gun to go up, pass to chopping with the Japanese army on sulfureous island, because might is cancelled inhumanly later formidably. 　　

Team of U.S. Army bolo

Sulfureous island battle (arrived on Feburary 16, 1945 on March 26) it is to be in the Second World War, the Japanese army and U.S. Army are contention sulfureous island (fierce battle that Iwo Jima) has, bilateral casualties is heavy, among them 23, in the Japanese army of 000 adherence and sulfureous islands, only 1083 people survive. The U.S. Army has 6812 people death, 19, 189 people are injured. This is the most intense battle on battlefield of the Pacific Ocean in the Second World War. U.S. Army soldier folds the photograph that ensign inserts on earthen bowl hill to be in the United States in this island wide for print and distribute, become the pattern of painterly, sculpture and stamp.

The sulfureous island that filmed from northeast direction 1940 is panoramic

Sulfureous island, because its are lying among Mariana and Japanese mainland, strategic position is all in all. The U.S. Army is opposite to be carried out effectively Japanese strategy bomb, must occupational this island, because this U.S. Army is thrown by the Marine Corps the 3rd, 4, the 49th dwell that 5 division comprise army, make an appointment with 60 thousand person in all, · of army commander Huo Lan Smith lieutenant general; Land form into columns and assist form into columns, you Kaili · will be directed in accept especially; Commanding of Miqieer lieutenant general is fiftieth 8 mix especially form into columns responsible sea air is covering; Attend a war landing boat a light boat makes an appointment with 500, the warship makes an appointment with 400, the plane makes an appointment with 2000, by the 5th admiral Sipuluensi admiral unites direct. No matter campaign general director, land form into columns air of commander, sea is covering form into columns commander and landing force direct are the generation on Pacific Ocean battlefield famous general, attend a war the picked division that army also is an U.S. Army, the plan razzias 5 days sulfureous island. 　　

1944 after Mariana fall, the value of sulfureous island is overt with each passing day, the Japanese army just begins to enhance its defense power energetically, the last ten-day of a month served an island troop of 4000 more than army in March, deployed goods and materials of many for military use

The Japanese army already expect U.S. Army will surely come round, the army defending an island that with army the 109th division gives priority to is below the unified command of lieutenant general of Su Linzhong path, cut total length amounts to 8010 meters sap, built ferroconcrete of more than 730 place always have defence works, formed subterranean solid defence works to be core, the complete defense system that always has defence works and natural grotto photograph are united in wedlock, su Lin still changes tactics of Japanese army tradition, adopt be apart from defence of motor-driven of fire, divide forces nearly, lure the tactics such as volt, assault of particularly forbidden suicide, still put forward each soldier to want to kill the appeal of 10 U.S. Armies at least.

On Feburary 14, 1945, the firepower that major general of cloth Randy of • of American naval Williams leads to be comprised by 16 5 aircraft carrier of 12 6 warship, convoy, cruiser, chaser is assisted form into columns leave island of class of a place of strategic importance to head for sulfureous island

The U.S. Army begins to undertake bombard of large-scale sea empty firepower to brimstone island from August 1944, initiated on Feburary 19, 1945 land, but hit 36 days fully however, just end battle till March 27, on island of full wipe out 22 thousand Japanese army, the U.S. Army says in this one can the battle of the most miserable intense in battle of contention of Pacific Ocean islands is medium, be killed in battle 6821 people (among them marine corps be killed in battle 5324 people) , injure 21865 people, casualties adds up to 28686 people, it is exclusive casualties gross exceeds the Japanese army land battle!

Bulandi\'s firepower supports American naval major general form into columns reach sulfureous island sea area, begin to carry out beforehand firepower preparation. All warship, cruiser was differentiated a sector of an area, destroy to the target one by one that already proved

In sulfureous island battle, force assisted ship artillery fire of the U.S. Army to also have very big effect. A cruiser that the graph is an U.S. Army blocks in the bank of the East China Sea of the hill that fold earthen bowl the firepower of the Japanese army

On Feburary 17, 1945, to land battle comingly, u.S. Army underwater blows up next covering exploration that what the team lands gunboat in 12 the channel of beach reef arteries and veins, the mine of cleared underwater and fraise

Fly to the U.S. Army bomber of sulfureous island

Before sulfureous island battle, a naval Captain of the United States is undertaking to the soldier prewar arouse

What the firepower dot of the Japanese army concealments is very clever

The Japanese army is mixed in the mid upland on the island each build yuan of country division have an airport, call 1000 islands the airport respectively mix yuan of hill airport, also call an airport and 2 airports, built the 3rd airport with north in 2 airports

The sulfureous island that films by U.S. Army scout is panoramic

The B that from the U.S. Army base of island of class of a place of strategic importance takes off - 29 bomber hurry off to sulfureous island to have bomb and empty medium-counts pull by hand