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  2. File:Map of Japan and Korea (1945), National Geographic.jpg

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  3. Battle of Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    The numbers correspond to recorded deaths during the Battle of Okinawa from the time of the American landings in the Kerama Islands on 26 March 1945 to the signing of the Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945, in addition to all Okinawan casualties in the Pacific War in the 15 years from the Manchurian Incident, along with those who died in ...

  4. Cornerstone of Peace - Wikipedia

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    The Cornerstone of Peace (平和の礎, Heiwa no Ishiji) was unveiled on 23 June 1995 in memory of the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa and the end of World War II. [1] [2] It was erected to: (1) Remember those lost in the war, and pray for perpetual peace; (2) Pass on the lessons of war; and (3) Serve as a place for meditation and ...

  5. World War II casualties - Wikipedia

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    World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]

  6. 1945 Katsuyama killing incident - Wikipedia

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    Kuronbō (黒ん坊) is a derogatory and highly offensive word for Black people in Japanese. [6] The Katsuyama incident has been seen by opponents of U.S. military presence in Okinawa as one of many examples of misconduct by American personnel against Okinawans since the islands were first occupied after the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Steve ...

  7. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Japanese invasions of Korea: 1 million [78] 1592–1598 Joseon and Ming dynasty vs. Japan: Korean Peninsula Panthay Rebellion: 1 million [79] 1856–1873 Qing Dynasty vs. Pingnan Guo China American Civil War: 0.6–1 million [80] [81] 1861–1865 United States vs. Confederate States: North America Mozambican Civil War: 0.5–1 million [82] 1977 ...

  8. Operation Kikusui - Wikipedia

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    On 6 April 1945, the Japanese military commenced Operation Kikusui I (referred to by the Army as the 1st total air assault), with 391 Navy planes and 133 Army planes (of which 215 Navy planes and 82 Army planes were kamikazes) taking part. US Navy anti-air radar picket destroyers deployed in the waters off Okinawa bore the brunt of the attack.

  9. Korean War - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Japan diminished the influence of China over Korea in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95). [38] A decade later, after defeating Imperial Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, Japan made the Korean Empire its protectorate with the Eulsa Treaty in 1905, then annexed it with the JapanKorea Treaty of 1910. [39]