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The black sands of Iwo Jima are stained with their blood, but their sacrifices, their struggles, their courage and their compassion live on in the letters they sent home. Almost 7,000 American soldiers were killed on Iwo Jima more than 20,000 Japanese troops perished. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics transform what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, whose travels in America have revealed to him the hopeless nature of the war but also given him strategic insight into how to take on the vast American armada streaming in from across the Pacific. Among them are Saigo, a baker who wants only to live to see the face of his newborn daughter Baron Nishi, an Olympic equestrian champion known around the world for his skill and his honor Shimizu, a young former military policeman whose idealism has not yet been tested by war and Lieutenant Ito, a strict military man who would rather accept suicide than surrender.

The Japanese soldiers are sent to Iwo Jima knowing that in all probability they will not come back. The movie follows General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the American-educated general as he courageously leads the Japanese resistance to the massive American onslaught of the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. Letters from Iwo Jima Marines Landing on the Beach First Battle Scene (german and english subtitles). Letters From Iwo Jima English Audio Download.The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. Decades later, several hundred letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Screenshots from another edition of Sixty-one years ago, US and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima.

Letters from iwo jima english audio download