Why did they use rifles in Iwo Jima?

On both sides it was the standard type issued to private soldiers. A notable feature of this terrible battle was that the Americans rarely saw a Japanese soldier at close quarters, so there was little opportunity to use other small arms, eg tommy ... read more

Thus, the reason why the Battle of Iwo Jima was important is that it exposed and reinforced the fact that in order to end the war, the Japanese would have to be defeated in a continual stream of island-hopping campaigns against a foe that would die before surrendering. read more

Well, the Japanese did deploy them as well as biologic weapons in China in the 1930’s and abandoned them there as well. The thing with chemical weapons of mass destruction is once they are used, they beg an immediate retaliation. read more

they fought hard but ended up loosing the war with only 200 out of 22,000 men left after the battle. read more