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Okinawa is a two-player board wargame where one player controls the American forces, and the other the Japanese forces. Having a small 17" x 22" hex grid map, basic rules and only 100 counters, this game is relatively simple, although at 80 turns, it is unusually long compared to the other games in the Island War box. [2]
Saipan: Conquest of the Marianas, June 1944: The Battle of Saipan. (Designed by Kip Allen) Leyte: Return to the Philippines: The return of General MacArthur. (Designed by Jay Nelson) Okinawa: The Last Battle, April 1945: The Battle of Okinawa. (Designed by Larry Pinsky) Each game has includes two to five scenarios. [2]
In the Battle of Okinawa, Cactus Ridge was the name U.S. forces gave to a rise of land approximately 600 yards (550 m) southeast of Mashiki, Okinawa which commanded much of the ground between Uchitomari and Oyama, both of which lie along Highway No. 1.
Okinawa: The Last Battle. Washington DC: United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 1-4102-2206-3. Archived from the original on 2010-11-08 full text online; Cass, Bevan G., ed. (1987) [1948]. History of the Sixth Marine Division. 1st (1948) Edition published by Infantry Journal Press, Washington, DC. 1987 reprint published by Battery ...
The Japanese 32nd Army was formed on March 13, 1944 as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in Okinawa and the surrounding Ryukyu Islands. The Japanese 32nd Army had 77,000 men (39,000 infantry in 31 battalions and 38,000 artillery, armor and combat service troops) plus the ...
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Okinawa Prefectural Peace Park. The site chosen for the memorial is Mabuni Hill in Itoman City, site of the Japanese headquarters and scene of heavy fighting in late June 1945 at the end of the Battle of Okinawa. [2] [9] [10] The area forms part of the Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park (沖縄戦跡国定公園). [11]