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LCTs unloading at Yellow Beach, Okinawa, 13 April 1945.. This is the order of battle for the US invasion of the island of Okinawa, the largest island of the Ryukyu chain.This offensive, called Operation Iceberg by its planners, was the final Allied offensive in the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II.
Hagushi landing. Hagushi bay was the primary unloading point for American supplies during the invasion of Okinawa during World War II.The bay, at the mouth of the Bishi River (now called Hija River), was the dividing line between the First and Sixth US Marine divisions, which landed on the Hagushi beaches to the north, and the Seventh and Ninety-sixth Infantry Divisions of the US Army which ...
The main landing was made by the XXIV Corps and the III Amphibious Corps on the Hagushi beaches on the western coast of Okinawa on 1 April. The 2nd Marine Division conducted a demonstration off the Minatoga beaches on the southeastern coast to deceive the Japanese about American intentions and delay movement of reserves from there.
The invasion of Okinawa had demonstrated the value of establishing secure anchorages close at hand, for ships not needed off the landing beaches and for ships damaged by air attack. Kyūshū was to be invaded by the Sixth United States Army at three points: Miyazaki, Ariake, and Kushikino. If a clock were drawn on a map of Kyūshū, these ...
Landings on Okinawa and neighboring islands Destroyer William D. Porter sinks after a kamikaze attack off Okinawa, 10 June 1945. A landing craft, support stands by to pick up survivors. For the April 1945 invasion of Okinawa (Allied codename: Operation Iceberg ), the Allies assembled the most powerful naval force in history.
Okinawa Island has several beaches such as Manza Beach, Emerald Beach, Okuma Beach, Zanpa Beach, Moon Beach and Sunset Beach (Chatan-cho). Mount Omoto, at 525.5 m (1,724 ft), is the highest mountain in Okinawa, with Mount Yonaha being the second highest. [38] The Motobu Peninsula in the north has limestone layers and karst development. [39]
Okinawa beachhead on L+3 day, 1945. Map of the ... A beachhead is a temporary line created when a military unit reaches a landing beach by sea and begins to defend ...
Okinawa was right at Japan's doorstep, providing the springboard for the Allies to invade the Japanese mainland. Meanwhile, on Okinawa 131,000 Japanese soldiers dug in away from the landing beaches in the southern half of the island, as opposed to attempting to stop the landing at the beaches in earlier battles.