Historical Campaign Coop Battle of Iwo Jima Phase One

Mission was a partial failure.

Accurate to historical events, troops massed on the beach to proceed inland toward their first objective, the Motayama South airfield. The US invasion force was considerable, had armoured and artillery support, and a plan to follow. The plan quickly fell apart, however, as the full might of entrenched Japanese infantry, field guns and tanks was brought to bear, with movement brought down to a low crawl, each meter captured only by blood, bravery, and the judicious use of smoke grenades upon the many machinegun positions.

The US force’s armour was quickly taken to pieces by the multitude of field guns that bristled the ashy, volcanic earth, and the US artillery didn’t last much longer, succumbing to an aerial bombardment by Japanese planes which the outnumbered US navy fighters were powerless to prevent.

Despite the huge losses suffered, the majority of resistance at the airfield was eliminated and the remaining American forces, a mixed bag of various decimated units led by whoever of rank remained, pushed on unrelentingly to Mount Suribachi. Down to the last man, the Americans scaled the mountain and fought it’s defenders, and, true to life, though they were able to reach flagpoles near the summit, fighting continued long afterwards, to the last of the US forces.