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the main general was general kuribashi. he committed suicide close to the end of the battle when japan was losing, next to a soldier that he had saved two times in battle.
The leaders during the Battle for Iwo Jima was US Marine General Holland M. Smith who was the commander of US land forces and Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashiwas in charge of Japanese defensive forces on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima .
The battle of Iwo Jima officially ended on March 25,1945.
I heard that it was only 1033 Japanese survived at iwo jima out of 22,000
The battle of Iwo Jima was a battle between the Americans, and the Japanese on the Pacific Island of Iwo Jima. The U.S. tried to capture the island as a base. A famous picture was taken there of 5 American soldiers raising an American flag on the island.
70,000 US servicemen and 22,000 Japanese soldiers fought on Iwo Jima. All the Japanese died and 26,000 Marines died.