Iwo Jima
/ˌiːwəʊˈdʒiːmə/- a small volcanic island, the largest of the Volcano Islands in the western Pacific, 1,222 km (760 miles) south of Tokyo. During the Second World War it was the heavily fortified site of a Japanese airbase, and its attack and capture in 1944-5 was one of the severest US campaigns. It was returned to Japan in 1968.硫磺岛（小火山岛, 位于东京以南1,222公里, 即760英里, 太平洋西部火山列岛中的最大岛屿, 是第二次世界大战期间重兵防守的日本空军基地, 1944-1945年被美军攻占, 该战役是美国二战中最为激烈的战役之一; 1968年该岛归还日本）。