During the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific War, a Japanese soldier was killed in action when he blew himself up while clutching a hand grenade. A Japanese soldier chose to commit suicide and exploded himself by placing a grenade against his body.

　　During the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific War, a Japanese soldier was killed in action when he blew himself up while clutching a hand grenade. A Japanese soldier committed suicide by exploding a grenade against his body. In the last war, many Japanese died by suicide, and in 1941, Minister of War Hideki Tojo preached the battlefield precepts: "Live and do not suffer the shame of captivity," and Japanese soldiers faithfully followed this precept, refusing to be taken prisoner and choosing to commit suicide.

　On the night of February 23, the 300 survivors of the Japanese garrison on Mount Suribachi attempted to escape from their position to join the Japanese forces in the north. to join the Japanese forces in the north. However, 120 were killed and 120 were felled along the way. Only 25 were able to confirm that they had joined up with the 2nd Mixed Brigade of the main Japanese Army, and on February 24, they mercilessly hurled firebombs at Japanese soldiers hiding on the rocks.

　On February 23, fighting had begun early in the morning with American forces near Motoyama Airfield on Iwo Jima. The battle at Mount Suribachi had come to an end. The main battlefield had moved to Motoyama Airfield. The American forces, a large force of two divisions including eight artillery battalions, thoroughly attacked the Japanese forces on the line of Tako-iwa - Chidori village - Kirishima village - Nishi village and around Aso-dai. However, the Japanese garrison, led by the 2nd Brigade, barely stopped the advance of the U.S. infantry units. Around 3:00 p.m., the Americans began to entrench along the entire line.

　During the Battle of Iwo Jima, approximately 7,000 American soldiers were killed and 22,000 were wounded, about 90% of them seriously. In all, there were about 21,000 Japanese soldiers, of whom about 17,000 were killed in bombings and disease. About 30% of them, or about 5,000, were killed in battle. The remaining approximately 10% were shot from behind in surrender and killed because they were disliked by their superiors. About 60% committed suicide by bombing to death with grenades in a scorching hell with no water. In all, about 19,000 Japanese died in the war, and about 12,000 remains remain on Iwo Jima.