Battle of Okinawa

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. The Kerama Islands surrounding Okinawa were preemptively captured on 26 March 1945 by the U.S. Army 77th Infantry Division. The 82-day battle on Okinawa lasted from 1 April 1945 until 22 June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were planning to use Kadena Air Base on the island as a staging point for Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands, 340 mi (550 km) away.

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1945  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Operation Iceberg
battle, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Empire of Japan, Chester W. Nimitz, Joseph Stilwell, William Halsey Jr., Seiichi Itō, Raymond A. Spruance, Roy Geiger, Minoru Ōta, Claudius Miller Easley, Eren Yeager, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Mitsuru Ushijima, Isamu Chō, Empire of Japan, 

Canada, Jingei, USS Bates, 

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1945 Battle of Okinawa

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1945 Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign

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1945 The Pinnacle, Battle of Okinawa

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1609 Invasion of Ryukyu

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Frameless

On the Ginowan road

XXIV Corps turns south

LST-504

Soldiers in trench manning machine gun.

Psychological Warfare on Battle of Okinawa

Fighting toward Hill 89

OkinawaNightArtillery

Marines land on Okinawa shores

On top of Yaeju-Dake

OkinawaMarineCaveDemolition

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1314	Hokuzan		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Battle of Okinawa	Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, battle, Empire of Japan, William Halsey Jr., Seiichi Itō, Chester W. Nimitz, Mitsuru Ushijima, Isamu Chō, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Raymond A. Spruance, Joseph Stilwell, Roy Geiger, Eren Yeager, Minoru Ōta, Claudius Miller Easley	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	The Pinnacle, Battle of Okinawa	battle	Wikidata
event	war	1609	Invasion of Ryukyu	invasion, Satsuma Domain, war, Ryukyu Kingdom	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Jingei	submarine tender, Jingei-class submarine tender	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Bates	destroyer escort, Buckley-class destroyer escort	Wikidata
site	castle		Agena Castle	gusuku	Wikidata
site	castle		Chibana Castle	gusuku	Wikidata
site	castle		Iha Castle	hill castle, gusuku	Wikidata
site	castle		Katsuren Castle	gusuku	Wikidata
site	castle		Nakijin Castle	gusuku, Hokuzan	Wikidata
site	castle	1416	Zakimi Castle	gusuku	Wikidata
commons	image		On the Ginowan road		Commons
commons	image		XXIV Corps turns south		Commons
commons	image		LST-504		Commons
commons	image		Soldiers in trench manning machine gun.		Commons
commons	image		Psychological Warfare on Battle of Okinawa		Commons
commons	image		Fighting toward Hill 89		Commons
commons	image		OkinawaNightArtillery		Commons
commons	image		Marines land on Okinawa shores		Commons
commons	image		On top of Yaeju-Dake		Commons
commons	image		OkinawaMarineCaveDemolition		Commons