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 ...

The Battle of Okinawa had entered its final stage. Naval forces circled around to the south and began an intense bombardment from the sea. Casualties increased rapidly. Civilians searched for ...

However, it was the civilian casualties that stunned American ... that would become commonplace five months later in the battle of Okinawa. As many as sixty-five thousand Japanese soldiers died ...

ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture--A scaled-down memorial service was held here June 23 to remember victims of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, which claimed one in four lives of the civilian population.

The Battle of Okinawa, fought against US-led forces, claimed the lives of more than 200 thousand civilians and soldiers ... grasp of the link between their deaths and the military operations ...

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 ...

The Battle of Okinawa is one of the bloodiest and most tragic chapters of the Pacific war, claiming the lives of 110,000 Japanese troops, 140,000 Okinawan civilians and 12,520 American servicemembers.

During the Battle of Okinawa, civilians were caught between 2 major military forces, each determined to fight to the end. More than 120,000 civilians were killed. After the battle, Okinawa served ...