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 ...

By the end of the fighting in 1945, more than 200,000 people lay ... said the episode brought home the horror of the Battle of Okinawa, which he had learned about through peace education at ...

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.

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.

During the Battle of Okinawa, civilians were caught between ... The United States and its allies launched the massive operation in March, 1945. In the last stages of World War II, the allied ...

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

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 ...