硫黄島
[b]Iwo Jima[/b] (硫黄島, [i]"Sulfur Island"[/i]) is a [[Japan]]ese volcanic island located south of the Bonin islands. Currently adminstated by the [[Tokyo (city)|]] Metropolitan Government. Now officially known as [b]"Ioto"[/b] in Japan.

Best known as the site of "the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima during [[World War II]]. The battle ended in a very costly American [[victory]]. It remains the only battle of the Pacific [[war]] where U.S. casualties (26,571) surpassed those of the Empire of Japan (18,375). 

h4.See also
* [[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima]]
** [[Mount Suribachi]]
* [[Kuribayashi Tadamichi]]  
* [[Nishi Takeichi]] 
* [[Letters From Iwo Jima]]
* "Flags of Our Fathers":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_Our_Fathers_(film)
* [[The Pacific]]
* [[tag_group:history]]
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