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**Battle of Okinawa**



Information About the battle 1. American soldiers prepared to attack Okinawa. A few months before the attack date, soldiers bombed bridges and trapped people on the island, Ryukyu. 2. Japanese kamakazes were trying to hold off American warships, but Americans still made their way to the island. 3. On April 21st, 1945 the battle officially began. 183,000 American troops invaded Okinawa. There were only 77,000 Japanese troops defending Okinawa. 4. After a week, or so, Americans controlled half the island. They captured beaches, air fields, and a few ports on the bay. 5. In the end about 150,000 people were killed, American and Japanese. Only about 50,000 were American. 6. Japanese government officials told citizens to commit suicide, instead of enduring the “torture” Americans would put them through, if captured. They refused to surrender, also causing people to kill themselves, rather than giving up in battle. 7. The battle lasted 82 days. American soldiers won the battle of Okinawa.

Battle Importance Winner
 * This battle was important in World War II because if the Amerians won at Okinawa they would have gained a major entrance into the country. Since America did win they gained this advantage over Japan, as well as killing about 100,000 Japanese people, making them weaker. Japan was not invaded after that, they were too weak to be a threat to America. Since the soldiers had easily won the battle, losing only a fraction of what the Japanese lost. **


 * America Won The Battle Of Okinawa. America won because they had a numerouse amount of troops compared to Okinawa. America had 183,000 troops while Okinawa only had 77,000 troops. America also had more thought out strategy's in which they applied well to the war. They carefully planned the attack. The soldies thought about everything they would need to beat the Japanese. Planes and warships bombed key targets, that might have been too much for the infantry. **



**First Hand Account** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hello my name is Adren Hulks. Life in Okinawa has been very crucial ever since The Battle of Okinawa started. Ever since America has attacked us, there has been nothing but blood and violence. So far in the war we are loosing tremendously. The Americans just dont compare to us military wise. Their military is very high standerd with stricks regulations. We are trying to do everything and anything we can, but it is a struggle with the limited amount of weapons that are avalible to us. The American Army has many more soldiers then we do and there strategy's are more well thought out. I have a bad feeling that we are going to loose this war and that the economic struggles will begin. As a person living in Okinawa I try my best to help support my country in everyway possible.

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