June 21, 1945 (, Yiyou May 12), the end of the battle of Okinawa. U.S. the



unloaded from landing craft tanks lumbered through the coastal farmland behind
1945 June 21, 2011. In the U.S. Army, the Navy boarded the strategic significance Okinawa Island 83 days later, finally declaring the Battle of the end of the U.S. military victory. This island is located 300 miles south of Tokyo to become by far the bloodiest of the war in the Pacific battlefield.
the Japanese organized resistance to the end of its usual form. Okinawa, the Japanese commander, Ushijima full General dawn come out of his cave, seppuku in front of their subordinates.
four days ago, the commander of U.S. forces in Okinawa Simon - Bolivar - Buckner generals in command of the Navy group last offensive by enemy shrapnel hit. He is the most senior officials of U.S. troops killed in combat. at the beginning,
Okinawa bloody, is in the Navy, 6th Division, Army 7, when the 96th Division landed on the island, is relatively calm. But then scored Suri line of defense, which is Ushijima full southern center of the island a full place of rugged rocks up fortifications.
ensuing bitter struggle between the cave and the cave of the three-week. The last line of defense was finally breached, the Japanese lost the southern end of the island last a foothold. At the same time, the crazy kamikaze aircraft on Okinawa U.S. warships overseas bombing. the U.S. troops
guns, aircraft and artillery killed 100,000 Japanese in Okinawa life