Les Marines à IWO JIMA

In the collective memory of the Americans, Iwo Jima remains the most terrible of the battles fought in the Pacific, probably because the losses of the Marines exceeded those of the Japanese, which was usually not the case, and probably because he It took more than a month of fierce fighting so that this islet of 4 kilometers by 8 falls into their hands. This fierce battle that saw the US military elite oppose a Japanese division determined to fight to the death was heavily covered by war reporters belonging to the Marines Corps. More than in any other theater of operations, the photos were taken here in the heart of the fight, without complacency or staging. They offer a testimony of an exceptional truth about this dramatic episode of the war. The photographs of various materials, tanks, amphibious vehicles, artillery pieces, mortars, rocket launchers, airplanes of all types, also figure prominently in the work.