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The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg, [27]: 17 was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
The film begins by outlining the strategic and psychological importance of Okinawa, including its use as a supply base for Japanese forces in Malaya, the Marianas and the Philippines, as well as a "choke hold" over China. It also informs the audience that Okinawa is an actual part of the Japanese homeland, only a few hundred miles south of Kyushu.
The Steel Helmet, 1951; Fixed Bayonets!, 1951 A Yank in Korea, 1951; Korea Patrol, 1951; I Want You, 1951; Tokyo File 212, 1951; Submarine Command, 1951; Japanese War ...
Topographic map of Okinawa Island. Okinawa is the fifth largest island of Japan. The island has an area of 1,206.99 square kilometers (466.02 sq mi). The coastline is 476 kilometers (296 mi) long. [36] The straight-line distance is about 106.6 kilometers (66.2 mi) from north to south. [37] Okinawa is in the northeastern end of Okinawa Prefecture.
Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on Okinawa Island, Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and the troops fighting on Okinawa. The Navy repaired and did expansion of the airfields on Okinawa.
Battle of Okinawa (激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦, Gekidō no Shōwashi: Okinawa Kessen) is a 1971 Japanese war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto from a screenplay by Kaneto Shindo and Ryōzō Kasahara, with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. [2] [1] [3]
Japan The Battle of Okinawa: Gekido no Showashi: Okinawa kessen (激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦) Kihachi Okamoto: Battle of Okinawa through eyes of Japanese Army, Navy, aviation, civilians, and generals 1971 United States The Birdmen (Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen) (TV) Philip Leacock: Adventure. POWs in castle prison build glider 1971 United ...