Q 01/05

In which year was the battle fought?

A) 1942

B) 1943

C) 1944

D) 1945

Answer · why

D) 1945

It ran from 19 February to 26 March, two months before the even larger fight for Okinawa.

Q 02/05

What was the codename of the American invasion?

A) Operation Iceberg

B) Operation Forager

C) Operation Downfall

D) Operation Detachment

Answer · why

D) Operation Detachment

Its objective was the island's two airfields, South Field and Central Field.

Q 03/05

The famous flag-raising took place on the summit of which peak?

A) Mount Motoyama

B) Mount Suribachi

C) Hill 382

D) Turkey Knob

Answer · why

B) Mount Suribachi

The tunnel linking it to the rest of the island was never finished, so Kuribayashi ran it as a semi-independent sector.

Q 04/05

Which Associated Press photographer took the famous flag-raising picture?

A) Robert Capa

B) Louis Lowery

C) Joe Rosenthal

D) Carl Mydans

Answer · why

C) Joe Rosenthal

It was reprinted in thousands of publications and is possibly the most reproduced photograph of all time.

Q 05/05

How tall is the volcano at the island's southern tip?

A) 98 m (321 ft)

B) 251 m (823 ft)

C) 402 m (1,319 ft)

D) 169 m (554 ft)

Answer · why

D) 169 m (554 ft)

Its heavy guns sat behind reinforced steel doors that opened to fire and shut again before counter-fire arrived.