Inside Iwo Jima battle tunnels. Video, 00:02:53 Inside Iwo Jima battle tunnels. Subsection. Asia. Published. 24 March 2015. 2:53. Up Next. Iwo Jima remembered 70 years on.

The fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa gave US planners a glimpse of what almost certainly ... up to 10,000 gallons of napalm were being used every day. If a tunnel was too deep or too risky ...

The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, ... Japanese soldiers used underground tunnels and resisted for five weeks, ...

IWO JIMA, Japan - The tunnels of Iwo Jima snake deep beneath the volcanic rock and soil, their entrances camouflaged by a dense tangle of vines and tall grasses.

Iwo Jima island was heavily fortified, with vast bunkers, hidden artillery and 11 miles of tunnels. The Japanese had dug 1,500 caves into the landscape, and used their positions in the caves to ...

Iwo Jima taught a Marine about love, a lesson ... but a determined and unrelenting Japanese force held their ground and fought from a series of underground tunnels against American forces for ...

Japan changed the name of the island of Iwo Jima, ... The 1945 battle for Iwo Jima pitted some 100,000 U.S. troops against 22,000 Japanese deeply dug into a labyrinth of tunnels and trenches.

Bergen returned to Iwo Jima for the 10th and 15th anniversaries of the battle and explored caves and tunnels where Japanese defenders had sheltered. About 18,000 Japanese troops died in the battle ...

The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, ... Japanese soldiers used underground tunnels and resisted for five weeks, ...

The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, ... Japanese soldiers used underground tunnels and resisted for five weeks, ...

IWO-TO, Japan — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II's bloodiest battles.