Battle books
Subtitle: Iwo Jima
By: Gary Smailes ; illustrated by David Cousens
Contributors: Cousens, David
Series: Battle books
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781445101156
Subjects: Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945; Juvenile fiction
Other titles: Iwo Jima; Battle books : fight your own battle
Description: It is 1945, and World War II rages on across the Pacific. US Marines have fought Japanese forces, defeating them one small island at a time. They have now reached Iwo Jima, a rocky volcanic island only 600 miles from Japan. You are a US Marine, part of the force tasked with taking Iwo Jima. Your choices - and some luck - will decide if you and your men can cross the black sand, before flushing out and overcoming the Japanese defences ...