Iwo Jima was the United States Marine Corps' toughest ever battle and a turning point in the Pacific war. This well researched history is supported by eyewitness accounts and over 80 photographs, many previously unpublished.
DERRICK WRIGHT's interest in the Second World War was stimulated by the many Luftwaffe bombing raids on his native Teesside. He is the author of Tarawa: A Hell of a Way to Die, Pacific Victory and Peleliu: To the Far Side of Hell. Married with four daughters, he lives on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors.
