Why did the allies capture so few japanese soldiers when they attacked iwo jima? the japanese had successfully fortified the island. the japanese had planned for no surviving prisoners. the japanese inflicted terrible casualties on the allies. the japanese hid among the civilian population.

  The Japanese had planned for no surviving prisoners.

Explanation:

  The Japanese had a strong sense of honor inherited from their ancestors and they saw surrender as a humiliation. Therefore they preferred to die in combat or even to kill themselves before letting the enemy capture them.

  They also mistreated the POW they capture because of this, disobeying the 1929 Geneva Conventions on Prisoners of War.

  I hope this answer helps you.

Allies captured so few Japanese soldiers when they attacked Iwo Jima because the Japanese had planned for no surviving prisoners.

Further Explanation:-

The Battle of Iwo Jima was a military campaign that was considered as Epic standoff between the Marines of the United States and the Imperial army of Japan. There were three airfields in which served as a facility for a potential invasion with regards to Mainland Japan. This Island was invaded by American forces in the year 1945 and this battle lasted for close to five weeks. It is believed that around 21000 Japanese soldiers and 7000 U.S Marines died in this bloodiest war but when this war got over, there were questions raised over the strategic importance of this island.  There were three times more deaths of Japanese soldiers as compared to U.S Marines in this battle and total casualties of Americans (Killed and Wounded) did exceed Japanese.

Only 216 Japanese soldiers were taken as prisoners during this war out of 21000 and most of the prisoners were already found wounded and unconscious state and because of that US Marines were able to take them as prisoners.    

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Answer details:

Grade – High School

Subject – History

Chapter – Battle of Iwo Jima Island

Keywords –Iwo Jima, United States, Japan, Troops, Marines, Prisoners, Wounded, killed, Island, Strategic importance, Unconscious, Killed.