The Battle of the Pacific

Introduction On April 1, 1945, the US military lighted a chain of small islands called the Ryukyu archipelago. Okinawa main island will be the main target. The length of the island is 60 miles, the width is 2 - 18 miles, and only 340 miles from mainland Japan. The island placed the US military in the air strikes of the mainland Japan. The 10th Army commanded by Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Butler consisted of two Army Division and two Navy Divisions.

Okinawa battle of codename called iceberg behavior (Japanese: Hurry Burrun: Okinawa battle) (Okinawa: Transit.Uchinaa ikusa) is a major battle for the Pacific War of Okinawa island by the US Marine Corps. . The army opposed the Japanese imperial army. The first invasion to Okinawa on April 1, 1945 was the biggest amphibious attack in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82 day fight lasted from April 1, 1945 through June 22. After the long island hopping campaign, the Allied forces plans to use Kadena Air Base as a base for action in Okinawa and plans to invade Japan's island of 340 miles (550 km) from their hotel .

One of the most fierce battles in the Pacific War was for Okinawa from April 1, 1945 to June 22, 1945. Americans are hoping that the island at the southern tip of Japan will "rehearse" for the main island planning to invade Japan, creating a base for a Japanese bombing. However, they encountered intense resistance. As of June 22, the US military has issued nearly 50,000 victims, of which about a quarter is the number of deaths. On the other hand, the Japanese lost about 100,000 of the 110,000 men. Even in the largest amphibious operation in the Pacific War, estimated casualties of 100,000 people were killed at the end of the campaign, so many civilian casualties came out. According to many historians, the battle of Okinawa had a major influence on the decision of the United States that decided to drop the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is clear that Japan's invasion has shown that both cause huge casualties.

Battle of the Midway on June 2, 1942. Midway Pacific Islands is several hundred miles west of Hawaii and Pearl Harbor. This is a maritime battle between the reorganized US Pacific Fleet and the Japanese fleet in battle and they all have aircraft carriers and battleships. America acquired and lost an aircraft carrier to sink into four Japanese airlines. This is the first major Japanese defeat in the Second World War. On August 15, 1942, Montgomery (Monty) ruled the British Eighth Army (Desert Rat) in North Africa. Since Rommel arrived in North Africa in February 1941, the Germans steadily made progress in trying to occupy Egypt and the Suez Canal. But instead of reaching the main cities of Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt, they occupied Araman only 100 miles west of Alexandria.