Schematic plans · World War II (Okinawa)
Battle of Iwo Jima
- 20 February – 17 March 1945
- 3 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 3 engagements, each between particular divisions or brigades over a few days. Each has its own schematic replay. Together they cover only the forces listed here, which may be a part of those that fought, so the totals below are for these engagements, not for the battle.
The engagements in time
Bars in the attacker's colour:USAJapan
Losses in these engagements
- USA
- 11,240 lostin 3 engagements
- Japan
- 19,531 lostin 3 engagements
Strengths are not added up: the same divisions fight engagement after engagement, so a sum would count the same men many times.
The engagements
| No. | Engagement | Dates | Attacker | Defender | Losses | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Iwo Jima - Into the Main Defenses | 20 Feb – 25 Feb | US 5th Amph Corps33,915 men | Jap 2nd Ind Mixed Bde(+)18,300 men | 6,845 / 15,615 | USA won |
| 2. | Iwo Jima - Suribachi | 20 Feb – 25 Feb | US 28th Mar Rgt3,200 men | Jap 2nd Ind Mixed Bde(-)(+)1,600 men | 510 / 1,231 | USA won |
| 3. | Iwo Jima - Final Phase | 11 Mar – 17 Mar | US 3rd Mar Div(+)32,000 men | Jap Chichi Jima Defense Force2,685 men | 3,885 / 2,685 | USA won |
CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0. Records are grouped by the Wikipedia article the edition links them to.