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The 82-day battle on Okinawa itself lasted from April 1, 1945 until June 22, 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping , the Allies were planning to use Kadena Air Base on the island as a staging point for Operation Downfall , the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands , 340 mi (550 km) away.
The American invasion of the island of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, took place 1 April 1945. The Japanese military was determined to inflict a casualty rate so high that the U.S. government would choose not to invade the Japanese home islands.
Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger (third from left) and his staff planning the Marine Corps phase of the invasion of Okinawa. Chief of Staff Silverthorn is gesturing toward the map. Catskill-class vehicle landing ship at Subic Bay, 1945 Steel-hulled sub chaser. Rear Admiral Lawrence F. Reifsnider in amphibious command ship Panamint
Battle of Okinawa: April 1, 1945 June 22, 1945 Okinawa, Japan Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign 51,429 (12,513 killed and 38,916 wounded) [3] Allied victory Japan largest amphibious battle of the Pacific theatre of World War II; Ended in heavy casualties for both sides; Large-scale deaths of Okinawan civilians. Ended in U.S. occupation of Okinawa
The two main land battles in the campaign were the Battle of Iwo Jima (16 February to 26 March 1945) and the Battle of Okinawa (1 April to 21 June 1945). One major naval battle occurred, called Operation Ten-Go (7 April 1945) after the operational title given to it by the Japanese.
The Raid on Yontan was an Empire of Japan military operation carried out on the night of May 24–25, 1945 against Yontan Airfield on Okinawa.The airfield was recently seized by American forces during the first day of the Battle of Okinawa and was being used by United States Marine Corps and Army Air Force squadrons.
Nimitz, MacArthur and Leahy holding a conference with FDR.. Responsibility for the planning of Operation Downfall fell to American commanders Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff—Fleet Admirals Ernest King and William D. Leahy, and Generals of the Army George Marshall and Hap Arnold (the latter being the commander of the U.S. Army ...
During World War II and preliminary to the Battle of Okinawa, soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division landed in the Kerama Islands on March 26, 1945. Further landings followed, and the Kerama group was secured over the next five days. Kerama was used as a staging area for the assault on Okinawa. During the battle the first civilian mass suicides ...