1. Stef Cohen & Kelly Broadbent Honors U.S. History II, Period 2 Mr. Greenberg

2. Objectives To learn the importance of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II.

3. Okinawa is one of the Ryukyu Islands off of the southern tip of Japan

4. Why Okinawa was important for the Americans To invade Japan Americans needed to capture the pacific islands. The islands supplied Japan during battle and Americans wanted to cut them off. America would also use these islands as refueling and repair stations.

5. Why Okinawa was important to the Japanese After many battles Japan’s military was deteriorating. They knew they could not win. Their goal was to decrease the size of the American army and its supplies and fleet

6. Japanese Numbers Commanded by: Lieutenant General Mitsuri Ushijima Troops: 130,000 Civilians: 450,000

7. American Numbers Commanded by: Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Troops: 180,000 Warships: 300 Other ships: 1,139

8. “Operation Iceberg” The operation began in Okinawa on April 1 st 1945

9. Battle slides (not title)

10. Kamikaze in Okinawa

11. May 3 rd Counter Attack

12. May 21 st

13. Americans Secure Okinawa July 2 nd 1945

14. Japanese Tolls Dead Troops: 100,000 Dead Civilians: 150,000 Sunken Ships: 16 Lost Aircraft: 4,000

15. Aftermath

16. American Tolls Dead Troops: over 7,000 Dead Navy Troops: 5,000 Wounded: 36,000 Sunken Ships: 36 Damaged Ships: 368

17. Significance