Battle for Iwo Jima simulates the iconic battle for the Pacific island during February and March 1945.
Battle for Iwo Jima is a single-player game where the player commands the US invasion forces. Each unit represents a line company of the 3rd, 4th, or 5th Marine divisions. Each game turn represents one day of the battle. Each day is broken into a series of phases.
To win, the player must find and eliminate the units of the defending 109th Infantry Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, take key objectives, and strive to keep their own losses to a minimum.
The Japanese had months to prepare for the invasion and had turned the island into a virtual fortress of bunkers, entrenchments, and mutually supporting strong points. Before the battle, American intelligence sources were confident that Iwo Jima would fall in one week. It ended up taking 5 weeks and resulted in over 26,000 casualties.
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