[SAMWolf]

Morning Iris7.

I agree with you about Iwo, we paid a high price for that island. I've never been there but just seeing pictures of gives me the creeps. You can't help but notice how exposed any tropps on the beaches would be.

[Iris7]

Everywhere and way you turn you see fields of fire giving a huge advantage to the defense. Walked the ground as I had time to do so. You wouldn't believe it if you haven't seen it.

Worse than attacking up a mountain. On a mountain there is way more cover and the defense can't really dig in (unless you count the Swiss). Iwo is an amazing place.

If the Japanese had even a little material, say a hundred German 57mm antitank guns, two hundred 4.2" mortars, and a few field telephones, or even a few truckloads of Panzerfausts, who knows what would have happened.