The Thirty-Second Army was stationed in Okinawa and charged with fighting a war of attrition to delay the expected invasion of Japan as long as possible. Under the cover of a naval bombardment of ...

At the end of June, the people of Okinawa in southern Japan commemorated the 74th anniversary of the fierce battle that engulfed them in the final stages of World War Two. The Battle of Okinawa ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

The Allies considered Okinawa a strategic point for invading Japan's main islands, in the last stages of World War Two. "Okinawa is the crucial battle line. Our Kamikaze troops are striking the ...