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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the critical naval victory at The Battle of Midway, the US conducts a hard fought island hopping campaign across the South Pacific towards Japan. In February 1945, US Marines will storm the beaches of Iwo Jima. Here we will explore the brutal island hopping campaign, and lessons learned and not learned before the ferocious Battle of Iwo Jima.

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