World War II Brought to Life: The Battle of Iwo Jima in Colorized Photos – MyHeritage February 19, 2020

I saw this earlier today on MyHeritage – World War II Brought to Life: The Battle of Iwo Jima in Colorized Photos: https://blog.myheritage.com/2020/02/world-war-ii-brought-to-life-the-battle-of-iwo-jima-in-colorized-photos/.

 by Esther February 19, 2020 History

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the commencement of the Battle of Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles on the Pacific front during World War II. In commemoration of this important event, we colorized some of the iconic photos from the battle.

The Battle of Iwo Jima took place over the course of 5 weeks, starting February 19 and ending March 26, 1945. Iwo Jima is a Japanese volcano island, one of the 3 islands of the Ogasawara Archipelago. The Japanese had been using it as a base for fighter planes that were intercepting American long-range bombers and as a haven for the Japanese navy.

The battle resulted in 26,000 American casualties, including 6,800 deaths. 21,000 Japanese soldiers were stationed at Iwo Jima at the start of the battle, and only 216 were taken prisoner  — meaning the rest are assumed to have been killed.

The photos from the battle look even more dramatic in color after having been colorized with MyHeritage In Color™!

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