Battle of Iwo Jima
1945 · Event
US Marines take volcanic Pacific island after a month of brutal combat; iconic flag-raising on Mount Suribachi.
On these timelines: Master, Japan, World War II
Around 1945
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Korean War (1950)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
- United Nations founded (1945)
- People's Republic of China founded (1949)