Reading suggestions about the battle for Iwo Jima

[Dukal]

I want to learn more about the Battle for Iwo Jima, is there anyone that have some books on that subject to suggest ?

Thank you for your answers

 

[Gunner]

That's a good question.
I've only read a few books on the battles in the Pacific. A couple of the naval battles and one on Okinawa.

I went over to my library website and looked up what was available there.
There's quite a few actually but one caught my eye:

"Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor" by Bill D. Ross
- An hour by hour account of the largest and most brutal assault ever conducted by the Marine Corps.

Doing some research I found this snippet from the New York Times book review.

"Bill D. Ross has written that book. I consider it the best book on a campaign and on a fighting force, in this case the Marines, since Alan Moorhead's work on El Alamein. The author's research has been thorough. He has read, as far as I can see, most of the writing, published and unpublished on Iwo Jima, and he has given us a splendid book."

Another book now added to my list

 

[Explorer]

@Gunner just bought the last hardcover version on Amazon. Thanks for the recommendation can't wait to dive into this one.

 

[Gunner]

If you would, pop in here sometime while or after you're done reading it and let us know what you think.

I'm going to have to look at that Alan Moorhead's book on El Alamein that the reviewer mentioned.
(sigh) So many books so little time.

 

[Explorer]

Will do! Knowledge is power and books are the gas.

 

[Dukal]

That's a good question.
I've only read a few books on the battles in the Pacific. A couple of the naval battles and one on Okinawa.

I went over to my library website and looked up what was available there.
There's quite a few actually but one caught my eye:

"Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor" by Bill D. Ross
- An hour by hour account of the largest and most brutal assault ever conducted by the Marine Corps.

Doing some research I found this snippet from the New York Times book review.

"Bill D. Ross has written that book. I consider it the best book on a campaign and on a fighting force, in this case the Marines, since Alan Moorhead's work on El Alamein. The author's research has been thorough. He has read, as far as I can see, most of the writing, published and unpublished on Iwo Jima, and he has given us a splendid book."

Another book now added to my list

Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll check it out and comeback to you.

I will check for the other book also because North Africa is my favorite theater of WWII