The Japanese Defense of Okinawa, Volume 679 |
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1st Marine Division 24th Corps 24th Division 2nd Infantry Unit 44th Independent Mixed 62nd Division 6th Marine Division 7th Division 96th Division air attacks aircraft carriers American shipping antiaircraft artillery assault Attack Force base battalion BATTALION 1100 BATTALION BATTALION battleships bombardment bombing China Command cruisers damaged defensive line destroyed destroyers enemy fire Formosa Hagushi Beaches Ibid Ie Shima Independent Mixed Brigade Intelligence Monograph Ishikawa Isthmus island of Ie island of Okinawa Japan Japanese air Japanese defense Japanese General Staff Japanese planes Japanese resistance Kakazu Kerama Retto Kyushu airfields Last Battle launched Machinato Line Marianas Minatoga Beaches minesweeper mortar Motobu Peninsula Naha naval forces Netherlands East Indies northern Okinawa offensive Okinawan campaign Oroku Peninsula Pacific Pacific War Philippines picket stations Pratt raids Regiment RIFLE RYUKYU CAMPAIGN Section Shuri Shuri defenses southward suicide boats suicide planes sunk tanks Task Force 58 Tenth Army terrain Ushijima decided YONABARU