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Battle of Okinawa
Part of the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign of the Pacific War (World War II)
1st Marine Regiment during fighting at Wana Ridge during the Battle of Okinawa, May 1945
Date 1 April – 22 June 1945 (2 months and 3 weeks) Location Okinawa Island and Prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Japan 26°30′N 128°00′E / 26.5°N 128°E / 26.5; 128 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Ground forces: United States Naval forces: United States United Kingdom Australia  New Zealand Canada	Japan
Commanders and leaders
COMPACFLT: Chester W. Nimitz Tenth Army: Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. † Roy Geiger John R. Hodge Fifth Fleet: Raymond A. Spruance Richmond K. Turner Bernard Rawlings Marc Mitscher	32nd Army: Mitsuru Ushijima ‡‡ Isamu Chō ‡‡ Hiromichi Yahara Combined Fleet: Soemu Toyoda Minoru Ōta ‡‡ Special Attack Force: Seiichi Itō †
Units involved
Ground units: Tenth Army III Amphibious Corps 1st Marine Division 2nd Marine Division 6th Marine Division XXIV Corps 7th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 77th Infantry Division 96th Infantry Division Naval units: Fifth Fleet Task Force 50 Task Force 58 Task Force 57 Joint Exp. Force	Ground units: 32nd Army 24th Infantry Division 28th Infantry Division 62nd Infantry Division 44th Mixed Brigade 45th Mixed Brigade 59th Mixed Brigade 60th Mixed Brigade 27th Tank Regiment Naval units: Combined Fleet 2nd Fleet
Strength
United States Navy 7 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 18 escort carriers, 8 fast battleships, 10 old battleships, 14 heavy cruisers, 17 light cruisers, 132 destroyers, 45 destroyer escorts Royal Navy 5 fleet carriers 6 escort carriers 2 fast battleships 4 light cruisers 12 destroyers 251 carrier based aircraft Royal Australian Navy 4 destroyers Royal New Zealand Navy 2 light cruisers Royal Canadian Navy 1 light cruiser Ground forces ~541,000 in Tenth Army ~183,000 combat troops rising to ~250,000	Imperial Japanese Navy 1 battleship 1 light cruiser 8 destroyers 1815 aircraft (of which 1050 were kamikazes) Imperial Japanese Army Air Service 850 kamikazes Ground forces ~76,000+ Japanese soldiers ~40,000+ Okinawan conscripts and boeitai
Casualties and losses
American personnel: Battle casualties: ~50,000, including ~12,500 dead Army: 19,929 Navy: 10,007 at Okinawa, 1,294 on USS Franklin Marines: 19,460 Non-battle casualties: 26,211 to 33,096 (all causes) British personnel: Battle casualties: 119 killed 83 wounded 228 aircraft lost 4 fleet carriers damaged in kamikaze strikes Total casualties: ~76,000 to 84,000 Materiel: 375 tanks damaged, disabled, or destroyed 13 destroyers sunk 15 amphibious ships sunk 8 other ships sunk 386 ships damaged 763 aircraft lost	Japanese personnel: Battle & non-battle casualties: 94,136 soldiers and sailors dead (all causes) 4,037 dead from Yamato task force 7,401 captured (by 30 June)〜16,346 captured（by the end of November） Total casualties: ~105,000 to 110,000 Materiel: 1 battleship sunk 1 light cruiser sunk 5 destroyers sunk 9 other warships sunk 1,430 aircraft lost 27 tanks destroyed 743–1,712 artillery pieces, anti-tank guns, mortars and anti-aircraft guns lost
40,000–150,000 civilians dead
Location within Japan Show map of Japan Battle of Okinawa (Pacific Ocean) Show map of Pacific Ocean

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