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Stef Cohen & Kelly Broadbent Honors U.S. History II, Period 2 Mr. Greenberg

Objectives To learn the importance of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II.

Okinawa is one of the Ryukyu Islands off of the southern tip of Japan

Why Okinawa was important for the Americans To invade Japan Americans needed to capture the pacific islands. The islands supplied Japan during battle and Americans wanted to cut them off. America would also use these islands as refueling and repair stations.

Why Okinawa was important to the Japanese After many battles Japan’s military was deteriorating. They knew they could not win. Their goal was to decrease the size of the American army and its supplies and fleet

Japanese Numbers Commanded by: Lieutenant General Mitsuri Ushijima Troops: 130,000 Civilians: 450,000

American Numbers Commanded by: Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Troops: 180,000 Warships: 300 Other ships: 1,139

“Operation Iceberg” The operation began in Okinawa on April 1 st 1945

Battle slides (not title)

Kamikaze in Okinawa

May 3 rd Counter Attack

May 21 st

Americans Secure Okinawa July 2 nd 1945

Japanese Tolls Dead Troops: 100,000 Dead Civilians: 150,000 Sunken Ships: 16 Lost Aircraft: 4,000

Aftermath

American Tolls Dead Troops: over 7,000 Dead Navy Troops: 5,000 Wounded: 36,000 Sunken Ships: 36 Damaged Ships: 368

Significance