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
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Korean War (1950)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)