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Part of World War II, Pacific War, Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign

Battle of Okinawa

April 1 – June 22, 1945 · Okinawa

Result Allied victory

Battle for Okinawa, the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific war. Fighting lasted almost three months, with very heavy military and civilian deaths and mass kamikaze attacks on the US fleet.

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Allies

Axis

Other

United States
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz military commander Raymond A. Spruance military commander Marc Mitscher military commander Roy Geiger military commander Richmond K. Turner military commander Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. military commander
Isamu Chō military commander Mitsuru Ushijima military commander Seiichi Itō military commander Hiromichi Yahara military commander Soemu Toyoda military commander

Strength and losses

Civilian deaths
40,000–150,000

Units

Tenth United States Army III Marine Amphibious Force XXIV Corps (United States) 27th Infantry Division (United States) 7th Infantry Division (United States) 96th Infantry Division (United States) 77th Sustainment Brigade 307th Infantry Regiment 1st Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Marine Division 2nd Marine Division 6th Marine Division 106th Infantry Regiment (United States) 11th Marine Regiment 12th Littoral Combat Team 1st Marine Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 305th Infantry Regiment 306th Infantry Regiment 382nd Infantry Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 7th Marine Regiment 1st Tank Battalion 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines British Pacific Fleet United States Fifth Fleet Fast Carrier Task Force
Japanese 32nd Army 24th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 28th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 62nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army) Combined Fleet Japanese Second Fleet Genzan Air Group

Battles 1

Also involved 1