The body of a Japanese soldier on Iwo Jima island

The body of a Japanese soldier on Iwo Jima island. The battle of Iwo Jima is the only time that American casualties exceeded Japanese in World War II, February 1945 by Eugen W. Smith. 

The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the purpose of capturing the island with its two airfields: South Field and Central Field.

The Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified, with a dense network of bunkers, hidden artillery positions, and 18 km (11 mi) of tunnels.The American ground forces were supported by extensive naval artillery and had complete air supremacy provided by U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators throughout the battle. The five-week battle saw some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the Pacific War.

The Japanese combat deaths numbered three times the number of American deaths, but unique among Pacific War Marine battles, the American total casualties (dead and wounded) exceeded those of the Japanese. Of the 21,000 Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima at the beginning of the battle, only 216 were taken prisoner, some of whom were captured only because they had been knocked unconscious or otherwise disabled. Most of the remainder were killed in action, but it has been estimated that as many as 3,000 continued to resist within the various cave systems for many days afterwards until they eventually succumbed to their injuries or surrendered weeks later. Despite the fighting and severe casualties on both sides, the American victory was assured from the start. Overwhelming American superiority in numbers and arms, air supremacy, the impossibility of Japanese retreat or reinforcement, and sparse food and supplies for the Japanese, permitted no plausible circumstance in which the Japanese could have won the battle.

The action was controversial, with retired Chief of Naval Operations William V. Pratt stating that the island was useless to the Army as a staging base and useless to the Navy as a fleet base. The Japanese continued to have early-warning radar from Rota island, which was never invaded. Experiences with previous Pacific island battles suggested that the island would be well-defended and thus casualties would be significant.

Joe Rosenthal's Associated Press photograph of the raising of the U.S. flag at the top of the 169 m (554 ft) Mount Suribachi by six U.S. Marines became a famous image of the battle and the American war effort in the Pacific.

So far, there's an 80 year streak of result

The most impressive thing by a longshot is that the U.S. didn't use them on the Soviet Union while the

U.S. still had a monopoly on a super weapon. I can't think of any world power throughout history that

would exercise restraint with that kind of power supremacy. It was maybe the biggest victory of morality over power in human history.

it's because of the USA/western

dominance. Take NATO as a modern example. Any country that got into a conflict with any nato country is screwed. And NATO is a substantial

portion of the world socially, culturally, politically, economically.

I'm not saying this western dominance (Pax Americana?) is a good thing. Just that it is the truth. Specifically, practically nothing happens on the world stage without the US knowing about it or often approving it.

It makes sense that other countries seek American approval, because the US has such a large sphere

of influence (arguably the only country of the 21 st century to have a substantial sphere of influence).

Everyone wants to erase the past instead of looking to it for answers on how to make the world a better place.

It's people like us who love history that only care

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