By June 1945, Japanese troops deployed to Okinawa had been practically wiped out. But some soldiers, as well as Okinawans, hid out in the mountains in the north.

Under the cover of a naval bombardment of more than 100,000 shells, the American military began landing on Okinawa at 8:30 am. It was the beginning of a merciless battle that was later described ...

Now, at age 92, Onaga sees parallels between the Battle of Okinawa and the war in Ukraine. Huge numbers of civilians were embroiled in the 1945 battle, just as now in Ukraine. An estimated 120,000 ...

Mysteries still shroud a tragedy 80 years ago in which many civilian passengers died in U.S. military attacks on running ...

The deadly sweeps continued until the end of the battle. The Japanese commanders in Okinawa ended the organized combat on June 23, 1945, and Japan surrendered 1.5 months after combat in Okinawa ended.

The Battle of Okinawa, fought against US-led forces ... The battle against US forces at Nakagusuku was in early April, 1945. US troops were ambushed by Japanese forces hiding in underground ...

Some civilians had been evacuated, but most were still on Okinawa when the battle began on April 1, 1945. By mid-May, the Japanese 32nd Army was retreating south to its final line of defense at ...

It ultimately suffered an inferno of destruction, with almost all hands drowning during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. The ...

Their last stop before an invasion of Japan's main islands was Okinawa. This bloody and costly battle ended in June 1945. Some of the surviving troops returned to bases in Guam. Their orders were ...