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Glory and misery at Iwo Jima By Friedrich H.H. The little volcanic island of Iwo Jima is a part of Japanese territory, a bit far from the rest of it, forming a triangle with Tokio and Okinawa. Its strategic position, 650 straight kilometres from Tokio made it extremely important for both sides, the Japanese and the Americans in the year of 1944, when the war in the Pacific Ocean was starting its end and reaching a bloody climax. Iwo Jima is a very small island, made of volcanic rock and it only has 24 square kilometres; 8 kilometres length and 3 kilometres wide. The island is ruled by the tall and steep mount Suribachi, which was an ideal observation and defensive position. In December 1944 the conquest of the Philippines Isles by McArthur's forces was already a fact and the war was being taken to the very Japanese soil, making the Japanese react...

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