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Iwo Jima Part III: Hill 362 [Mission]

Map: Iwo Jima - 2/26/1945
Gamemode: Operation (4 phases)
Invaders: United States (allies)
Defenders: Japan (axis)

Last update: 6/3/2025

"General Schmidt planned to attack the Japanese positions in the north with three divisions abreast, the 5th on the left, the 3d (less the 3d Marines) in the center, and the 4th on the right, along the east coast. The drive north officially began on D+5, the day after the capture of Suribachi. Prep fires along the high ground immediately north of the second airfield extended for a full hour. Then three regimental combat teams moved out abreast, the 26th Marines on the left, the 24th Marines on the right, and the 21st Marines again in the middle. For this attack, General Schmidt consolidated the Sherman tanks of all three divisions into one armored task force commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William R. "Rip" Collins. It would be the largest concentration of Marine tanks in the war, virtually an armored regiment. The attack plan seemed solid.

The Marines soon realized they were now trying to force passage through Kuribayashi's main defensive belt. The well-coordinated attack degenerated into desperate, small-unit actions all along the front. The 26th Marines on the left, aided by the tanks, gained the most yardage, but it was all relative. The airfield runways proved to be lethal killing zones. Marine tanks were bedeviled by mines and high-velocity direct fire weapons all along the front."
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/npswapa/extcontent/usmc/pcn-190-003131-00/pcn-190-003131-00/sec5.htm

Previous Iwo Jima Campaign missions:

Landing D-day-https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2813568545

Mount Suribachi D+4: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2879475635



Used map: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2813565742

Used DLCs:
https://steamhost.cn/app/2317930/