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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.
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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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Jun 12, 2006 · Okinawa became the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. More than 100,000 Japanese died, a frightening number matched only by the tally of unfortunate Okinawan citizens who perished in the fighting. Army casualties of more than 4,600 dead and 18,000 wounded were almost equaled by 3,200 Marines dead and 13,700 wounded.
Sep 9, 2024 · On May 12, however, U.S. forces broke into Naha’s suburbs and proceeded to enter the city, fighting from house to house. Even more intense was the battle for Shuri, keystone of the Japanese fortifications. Shuri fell on June 1, and the important Naha airfield was in U.S. hands by June 6.
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Apr 1, 2020 · The Battle of Okinawa was the brutal final chapter in the fighting of the Pacific War. It was a battle that saw such horrific casualties - both military and civilian - that it forced the United States to look for alternatives to an invasion of Japan to bring the war to an end.
On April 1, 1945, more than 60,000 soldiers and US Marines of the US Tenth Army stormed ashore at Okinawa, in the final island battle before an anticipated invasion of mainland Japan.
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Apr 1, 2020 · Half a million Allied personnel would partake in the epic battle for Okinawa. 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.
