1945-04-01 - 1945-06-22

Battle of Okinawa

OkinawaOkinawa · Allied landings and Japanese defense formed the key approach battle before the home islands.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Guilin-Liuzhou operation
  2. Ili Rebellion and Three Districts Revolution
  3. Tokyo firebombing
  4. Battle of OkinawaCurrent record
  5. Taihoku air raid
  6. Potsdam Declaration
  7. Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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Context

Okinawa concentrates late-war sea, air, and landing warfare between Taiwan and the Japanese home islands.

Sources and media

JACAR and Pacific War source lanes are linked.

Media

Okinawa landing coast photographVisual recordOkinawa landing coast photographA photograph of the coastal operation after the April 1945 Okinawa landing.

Source Trail

Primary SourceJACAR · Japan Center for Asian Historical RecordsOpen sourceArchiveNational Diet Library · Modern Japan in ArchivesOpen sourceMedia RecordWikimedia Commons · Okinawa landing coast photographOpen source