IWO JIMA AND PEARL HARBOR

IWO JIMA

• February 1945
• Tunnels and caves in the mountain
• Island made of sulfur
• After a month of fighting marines wiped out Japanese forces

PEARL HARBOR

• December 7, 1941
• Japanese vs. USA
• Japanese goal was to destroy all air fields to that the U.S. Couldn't fight
• Japanese victory

COMPARISON

• Both battles between Japanese and United States
• Near water
• Both used bombs and planes
• They never fought face to face

CONTRAST : IWO JIMA

• the weapons used were handgranades,
• flamethrowers, tanks, submachine guns
• heavy machine guns
• Japanese hid in caves and tunnels in the mountain
• This battles was fought on land

CONTRAST: PEARL HARBOR

• Tactics :Japanese Air planes bomb US air fields
• It was a surprise attack on the U.S. By Japan
• This battle was fought mostly on the harbor and in the air.