What are some cause and effects of Iwo Jima?

Question

I have an essay an I'm confused alittle on the part about the cause. Please help. Thank you.

Answer 1

Iwo Jima is part of the Ogosowara Rhetto or Bonin Islands and is a part of Japan, as it was also during the Pacific War of the early 1940s. So, it did have a Japanese armed contingent on it. We needed to seize and control the island because using it as an airstrip would put our bombers within easy range of targets in Japan proper.
The subsequent invasion of the island by U.S. forces resulted in the highest number of U.S. casualties of any operation to date in the Pacific War. Adding in the large U.S. casualty rate on Okinawa between April and early July of 1945 gave U.S. military planners a clear idea of how fiercely Japanese troops would defend their soil and how many U.S. casualties they would inflict in the process.
So, the effect was to convince those planners to use the recently developed atomic bomb as a way to convince Japan to surrender, since the planned land invasion of Japan proper (code named Operation Olympic) would have resulted in even higher U.S. casualty rates.

Answer 2

Causes....In a nutshell could be Pearl Harbor.

When the United States entered World War 2 against Japan, the only outcome acceptable would be either the total destruction of the Japanese Empire, or their unconditional surrender. Luckily, they chose surrender.

Once the U.S. entered the war, the Pacific campaign consisted of "island hopping", going from one island, clearing it of enemy forces and moving the combatants closer to the ultimate goal: Japan.

As time went on, the closer we got to Japan. The main focus of taking Iwo Jima was to enable the new B-29's a landing strip and launching point to bomb Japan. Iwo is only 400 miles from mainland Japan, and allowed the United States to reach them with relative safety of crews, and have long range fighter escorts for the bombers. This seemingly simple goal made the assault worth while. It became an absolute key strategic target for the United States and her allies because at this stage in the war, Japan had no intentions on surrender.

A couple significant events took place on Iwo Jima. The first was that it was the first time the Stars and Stripes were raised over Japanese territory, a huge moral boost to not only the war fighters, but the American public. Another significant event was the estimated amount of American pilots who made emergency landings (starting while the battle was still raging) far outnumbered the lives of American Marines and Sailors who died on Iwo.So the sacrifice, if it is ever quantifiable, was in the case of Iwo Jima, substantial.

As for some other significant tid bits- the image Joe Rosenthal captured on top Mount Suribachi is to date, the most re-created, copied, re distributed photo ever taken. An iconic image, and endearing photo that Marines the world over take great ride and great sorrow in as well. For when the Battle for Iwo Jima was over, it marked the bloodiest battle that the United States Marine Corps has ever fought, to date.

I hope that this helps shed some light on your question.

Answer 3

not sure if there are any causes and effects. i know the Japanese wanted to keep the Americans off it because it was considered Japanese soil and it was Really Important for the Americans because we needed the airfields on Iwo Jima so we could do continuous bombing on Japan. so it was important for both nations really.

so i guess the cause is we needed the airfields and the effect is Japan getting bombed