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Sep 9, 2024 · Battle of Okinawa (April 1–June 21, 1945), World War II battle fought between U.S. and Japanese forces on Okinawa, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands. The capture of Okinawa was seen as a precursor to an invasion of the Japanese home islands.
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Apr 1, 2020 · By April 1945, US forces were ready to launch an assault on Okinawa. An airbase here would bring US B-29 bombers within range of the Japanese home islands. Discover five facts about the Battle of Okinawa and a few highlights from our collection.
The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg, [28]: 17 was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
DayShipTypeCause19 Mar 45CarrierAir attack, bomb through flight, & hangar ...19 Mar 45CarrierAir attack20 Mar 45CarrierAir attack, two near misses from bombs, ...20 Mar 45DestroyerAir attack, kamikaze- Allied victory
Oct 29, 2009 · The Battle of Okinawa was the last major battle of World War II, and one of the bloodiest. On April 1, 1945—Easter Sunday—the Navy’s Fifth Fleet and more than 180,000 U.S. Army and Marine Corps...
Overview. The island of Okinawa is the largest in the chain of islands known as the Ryukyus, which lie to the southwest of Japan. Taking Okinawa would provide Allied forces an airbase from which bombers could strike Japan and an advanced anchorage for Allied fleets.
Jun 22, 2020 · Bloody Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of World War II. A stirring narrative of World War II's final major battle--the Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought...
Apr 1, 2020 · It was the culmination of World War II’s long, bloody, island-by-island struggle across the Pacific. And Okinawa itself would prove, both in operational scope and the cold calculus of casualty numbers, to be the ultimate struggle of the Pacific war.
