Battle of Okinawa

.The bloodiest battle fought in the Pacific

.The Japanese forces are trying to protect the island so the Americans could not bomb mainland Japan

.Americans are trying to take the island for a air base to prepare for the invasion of Japan

.The Imperial Japanese army used their remaining troops and navy to defend the island

. The American army deployed 287,000 troops and the navy

.The Imperial Japanese army sent the remaining navy and 130,000 ground troops

.In April 1 , the American forces landed on the beach

.The island is heavily defended by the japanese with trenches dug in

.April 7, The Japanese ship Yamato and the rest of the fleet is sunk, the battle consisted of 8 aircraft carriers 5 battleships 600 planes and 4 cruisers and destroyers

. Shuri Line battle

. Battle of sugar loaf Hill

.Naha and Nishibaru village battle

.June 22 the battle of okinawa is over

. They got caught in the fighting

.Some civilians got bribed or forced into the Japanese army

.Many hid in caves because the Japanese army told the civilians that the Americans would hurt them.

.The civilians in the army are poorly trained so they were mostly used for Kamikaze missions.

.Cave Flushers are soldiers in the army trained for appealing to Civilians hiding in caves

.Cave Flushers speak japanese or Okinawan to coax civilians or Soldiers

.Cave flushing is a dangerous job, the soldiers and civilians can blow themselves up using grenades

.The Japanese army lost 100,000 soldiers and most of the generals committed suicide

.The Americans had 65,000 casualties including 14,000 dead

.Both navy lost about 200 planes and 5 ships

.There are About 14,000 Civilian deaths either from suicide or artillery

.An air field is built on Naha

.The Atomic Bomb is developed

.On August 6, the little boy is dropped on Hiroshima

.August 9, the fat man(bom b) is dropped Nagasaki

.Japan Surrenders on September 9 on the USS. Missouri

WW II By Sean Callery New York 2013 by Scholastic Inc.

World War II Visual Encyclopedia By Bryan Williams New York 2015 by Dorling Kindersley Limited A Penguin Random House Company

World War II Pacific Chronicle of America's Wars by Babara Williams 2005 Minneapolis by Babara Williams Lerner Publications company

War In The Pacific With Walter Cronkite DVD By CBS News

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Hardcourt Publishing Company

http://nisei.hawaii.edu/object/io_1149316363263.html 2006 University of Hawaii

http://www.historynet.com/killing-the-yamato.htm

Battle of Okinawa "Rain Of Steel"

What happened to Okinawa Civilians

Cave Flushers

Who was Desmond Doss

Death in thousands

what was Battle of Okinawa

Loses in the battle

President Truman presenting The Medal Of Honor

The 3 important Battles

Naha

Sugar Loaf Hill

Shuri Line/ Castle

Why did the Americans have to capture Okinawa?

Naval Battles

.The Shuri line is the first and the

most defended

.The ocean is also a battle ground of Okinawa.

.Sugar Loaf Hill was an advantage

point and the allies wanted to take it but it was heavily defended

.The last stand was made by the Japanese in Naha's villages

Map Of The Battle

Shuri Line

.He was a Corporal Combat Medic

.He fought in the battle of Hacksaw Ridge

.He Saved 75 lives without ever using a firearm

.He was presented the medal of honor

Sugar Loaf Hill

Naha

. The American forces island hopped from Iwo Jima to Okinawa to attack Japan

.To drop bombs on mainland Japan to force the country to surrender

350 Miles from Okinawa to Japan

What happened?

After The Battle

The Hellcat

The Yamato

American Hellcat

The Kamikaze MX7 Ohka

USS Enterprise

A Japanese Zero Fighter

Work Cited Page

Thanks For Watching

Questions?