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The battle of Okinawa proved to be the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. Thirty-four allied ships and craft of all types had been sunk, mostly by kamikazes, and 368 ships and craft damaged. The fleet had lost 763 aircraft.
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www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/okinawa-battle.htm
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An in-depth study of the Battle of Okinawa ... Battle of Okinawa by Laura Lacey ; Beginning in April of 1945, over fifty years ago on an island in the Pacific, American and Japanese men fought and killed each other as never before. Caught in the crossfire between these warring powers were the native inhabitants of Okinawa.
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www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/okinawa/default.aspx
www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/okinawa/default.aspx
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The Battle of Okinawa started in April 1945. The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. Okinawa was to prove a bloody battle even by the standards of the war in the Far East but it was to be one of the major battles of World War Two. ... As with Iwo Jima,
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www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_okinawa.htm
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_okinawa.htm
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The pivotal importance of the Battle of Okinawa, however, has been overshadowed by controversies surrounding the atomic bombs that exploded two months later. Debates still rage today, questioning the morality and wisdom of that choice.
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In July 1945, after the battle of Okinawa ended, Colonel Stevens and Sergeant Burns were detached from the 1st Information and Historical Service and returned to Oahu to write the history of the Okinawa operation at Fort Shafter, where the records of all Amy units which had fought on Okinawa were subsequently...
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www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/okinawa/
www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/okinawa/
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God Blees all those who were involved in the battle of Okinawa. My father James Robert Deniston passed away today December 10, 2008. He served with the U.S. Marines First Division Third Armored Amphibian Battalion at Okinawa.
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www.historynet.com/battle-of-okinawa-operation-iceberg....
www.historynet.com/battle-of-okinawa-operation-iceberg.htm
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Oral History-Battle for Okinawa, 24 March -30 June 1945 ... After reaching Okinawa and pumping out all our flooded spaces, we put soft patches on four small holes we found in the underwater body in the after part of the ship. It took about five days to patch the ship up sufficiently for it to start the journey back to...
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Combined Arms Research Library. ... Dr. Thomas M. Huber's work is unique: for the first time in English, the Battle of Okinawa is analyzed from the vantage point of the Japanese defenders.
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www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Huber/Huber.asp
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