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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 100,000
over 200,000 total
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gptkbp:civilianCasualties
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over 100,000
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gptkbp:codename
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gptkb:Operation_Iceberg
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Imperial_Japan
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Isamu_Cho
gptkb:Mitsuru_Ushijima
gptkb:Roy_Geiger
gptkb:Chester_W._Nimitz
gptkb:Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.
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gptkbp:endDate
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1945-06-22
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Okinawa (1945)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Ryukyu_Islands
gptkb:Okinawa_Island
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:death_of_Generals_Ushijima_and_Cho_(suicide)
gptkb:death_of_Lt._Gen._Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.
gptkb:destruction_of_Shuri_Castle
gptkb:postwar_U.S._occupation_of_Okinawa
gptkb:sinking_of_Japanese_battleship_Yamato
heavy kamikaze attacks
largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater
Operation Ten-Go (Japanese naval counterattack)
USS Bunker Hill heavily damaged
USS Indianapolis participated
USS Laffey survived kamikaze attacks
high disease and non-combat casualties
mass civilian suicides
mass displacement of Okinawan civilians
use of flamethrowers and napalm
widespread destruction of Okinawa infrastructure
extensive use of caves and tunnels by Japanese forces
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:U.S._Marine_Corps
gptkb:U.S._Navy
gptkb:U.S._Tenth_Army
gptkb:British_Pacific_Fleet
gptkb:32nd_Army_(Japan)
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
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gptkbp:precededBy
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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influenced decision to use atomic bombs
last major battle of World War II
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gptkbp:startDate
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1945-04-01
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Royal_Portuguese_Navy
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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