D-Day at Iwo Jima

  Game D-Day at Iwo Jima Publisher Decision Games Players Designed for solo Play Time 1.5-4 hours Era WWII - Pacific Description Built on top of John Butterfield's well-known solo system, D-Day at Iwo Jima allows players to refight one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific D-Day at Iwo Jima is a solitaire game simulating the amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima. The five-week battle was some of the bloodiest fighting in the Pacific. In one of the costliest intelligence failures of the war, the planners had completely misjudged the situation that would face the Marines. The beaches had been described as excellent and the advance inland was expected to be easy. Instead, the Marines were faced with 15-foot-high slopes of soft black volcanic ash that brought the normally rapidly moving Marines down to a slow plod. In addition, the lack of a vigorous response led the Marines to believe that the bombardment had completely suppressed the defenses. However, Gen. Kuribayashi was fa