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System Requirements
- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
Minimum
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Minimum
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
Recommended
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Minimum
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
Recommended
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Battle of Iwo Jima
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From 13:00 GMT February 19th to 06:00 GMT February 21st
x4 RP gain bonus for the first victory for the USA and Japan
30% discount for puchase for the following aircraft: A6M3 Reisen mod 22ko, A6M3 Reisen mod 22, A6M3 Reisen, A6M5 Reisen, P-51D-5 Mustang, F4F-3 Wildcat, F4F-4 Wildcat, F6F-3 Hellcat, F4U-1a Corsair, F4U-1c Corsair, F4U-1d Corsair, P-38G Lightning
Also join Iwo Jima event in the game!
Iwo Jima was strategically important as an air base for fighter escorts supporting long-range bombing missions against mainland Japan. The capturing of Iwo Jima was deemed necessary, but it would not come as easy victory.
General Kuribayashi, the Japanese Commander of Iwo Jima was great commander. His tactics was to dig underground and fight from there. Japanese dug 1,500 rooms into the rock. These rooms were connected with 16 miles of tunnels. Basically Japanese never planned to have survivors, they meant fighting to the end.
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The US sent 110,000 marines and 880 ships, more than for any other battle until then. Ships sailed from Hawaii to Iwo Jima in 40 days. That was the largest armada invasion in the Pacific war.
D-Day was February 19, 1945 – after 2am on Feb. 19, 1945, the Navy’s bombarded Iwo Jima again, leaving Iwo smoking as if the entire island were on fire. After that bombers came and dropped bombs while ships continued bombardment. At 8:30am US Marine started invasion, landing on shores, volcanic ash everywhere, not able to dig foxholes. They were sitting ducks for the Japanese gunners. Chaos followed, heavy fire not allowing landing marines in orderly manner, there was a big confusion on the beaches, 110,000 men fighting on tiny island one-third size of Manhattan.
Mt. Suribachi, the 550-foot volcanic cone at the islands southern tip, dominates both possible landing beaches. From here, Japanese gunners zeroed in on every inch of the landing beach. Battle raged for 36 days, usually US Marines were figting above ground while Japanese were fighting below. Usually forces never met each other in close combat. Liquid gas, napalm and hand grenades were used against the Japanese in the underground.
The battle was won by the inch-by-inch tenacity of the foot soldier.
In 36 days there were 25,851 US casualties (1 in 3 were killed or wounded), of these 6,825 Americans were killed while all 22,000 Japanese soldiers perished.
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