Why was the Battle of Iwo Jima considered to be a bad choice?

However, the U.S. Marine Corps, which paid by far the heaviest price for carrying out Operation Detachment, remained excluded from the decision-making process. When fighter operations from Iwo Jima failed, the military sought additional reasons to justify the costly battle, and historians have perpetuated these illusions. read more

It was very arguably an unnecessary battle, and in retrospect a mistaken one, given its extraordinary cost in lives. read more

Iwo Jima is a very small Pacific island – just over 4.5 miles long and 2.5 miles wide which lies at the foot of the Bonin chain of islands, south of the main Japanese island of Honshu. Despite its size, Iwo Jima was considered to have great tactical importance. read more