Battle of Okinawa

When

1 Apr 1945 – 23 Jun 1945

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

26.50° N, 128.00° E

Description

1945 major battle of the Pacific War

War

World War II

Major 1945 battle of the Pacific War

The Battle of Okinawa , codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. The initial invasion of Okinawa on 1 April 1945 was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Battle of Okinawa: The Tenth United States Army lands on Okinawa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beginn der Schlacht um Okinawa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de la bataille d’Okinawa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “comienza la batalla de Okinawa, una de las últimas batallas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “美軍6個師約100000人在琉球群島中最大的沖繩島登陸，盟軍攻勢已逼近日本本土。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000
• World War II in Asia (approx)3 Sep 1939 · Interstate war · Deaths 3,269,818