Properties (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
military operation
|
| gptkbp:aftermath |
establishment of military bases
influence_on_post-war_Japan occupation_of_Okinawa |
| gptkbp:casualties |
approximately 100,000 Japanese soldiers
approximately 12,500 American soldiers over 200,000 civilians |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:General_Mitsuru_Ushijima
gptkb:General_Douglas_MacArthur gptkb:General_Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr. gptkb:Admiral_Chester_W._Nimitz gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Isamu_Cho |
| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
historical memory
commemoration events depictions in media |
| gptkbp:date |
April 1, 1945
June 22, 1945 |
| gptkbp:electronic_warfare |
gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkb:F6F_Hellcat artillery naval ships LST (Landing Ship Tank) |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
highlighted civilian suffering in war
demonstrated the cost of war paved_the_way_for_the_invasion_of_Japan |
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Pacific_War
Allied_strategy Japanese_resistance |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Bombing of Okinawa
|
| gptkbp:influence |
Cold_War_dynamics
U.S.-Japan_relations |
| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:United_States air strikes naval bombardment ground assaults |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Okinawa
|
| gptkbp:militaryRank |
gptkb:Operation_Iceberg
gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go Operation Zipper |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:World_War_II
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
destruction of infrastructure
heavy casualties |
| gptkbp:significance |
last_major_battle_in_the_Pacific_Theater
|
| gptkbp:tactics |
air superiority
island hopping combined arms operations amphibious assaults |