Was it worth it to fight for Okinawa?
Okinawa is the largest island part of the Okinawa islands annexed to the Japanese empire in 1879.
It has a narrow elongated shape with an extension on the left and a detachment of land and again one on the opposite side on the south which give 4 biggest bays, it length is 70 mi (110 km) and and average width of 7 mi (11 km)
It has an area of 466 sq mi (1206 sq km) located 400 mi (600 km) south of the Japanese mainland
The battle of Okinawa occurred from 04.01 to 06.22 1945 it was the last battle of the WW2.
The Japanese empire was the only one of the three axis countries that has not been invaded yet at this moment. Italy has started been liberated in 1943 and Germany in the spring of 1945.
In order to launch their invasion of Japan and have the Japanese surrender, the Americans needed a strong foothold. The Japanese soldiers needed to give the people of Japan an exemplary battle that would inspire them for the final battle that was meant to occur on the mainland
At this time the Japanese commanders had benefited from the previous battles against the US forces so it made sense that the course of the battle would be favorable to them.
The Americans could also have given up after losing too many men, but unfortunately for the Japanese the enemy firepower gave them no chance at all
In the long run though the death of all these soldiers had permitted the restitution of the island in 1972 less than 30 years after the war. The islands certainly add Japan some more valuable land.
It has a narrow elongated shape with an extension on the left and a detachment of land and again one on the opposite side on the south which give 4 biggest bays, it length is 70 mi (110 km) and and average width of 7 mi (11 km)
It has an area of 466 sq mi (1206 sq km) located 400 mi (600 km) south of the Japanese mainland
The battle of Okinawa occurred from 04.01 to 06.22 1945 it was the last battle of the WW2.
The Japanese empire was the only one of the three axis countries that has not been invaded yet at this moment. Italy has started been liberated in 1943 and Germany in the spring of 1945.
In order to launch their invasion of Japan and have the Japanese surrender, the Americans needed a strong foothold. The Japanese soldiers needed to give the people of Japan an exemplary battle that would inspire them for the final battle that was meant to occur on the mainland
At this time the Japanese commanders had benefited from the previous battles against the US forces so it made sense that the course of the battle would be favorable to them.
The Americans could also have given up after losing too many men, but unfortunately for the Japanese the enemy firepower gave them no chance at all
In the long run though the death of all these soldiers had permitted the restitution of the island in 1972 less than 30 years after the war. The islands certainly add Japan some more valuable land.
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