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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 200,000 total
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gptkbp:civilianCasualties
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high
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Isamu_Cho
gptkb:Mitsuru_Ushijima
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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Okinawa campaign
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gptkbp:JapaneseForces
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gptkb:32nd_Army
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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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heavy kamikaze attacks
mass civilian suicides
USS Bunker Hill hit by kamikaze
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gptkbp:notableShip
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gptkb:USS_Bunker_Hill
gptkb:USS_Randolph
gptkb:USS_Missouri
gptkb:USS_Princeton
gptkb:USS_Independence
gptkb:USS_Cabot
gptkb:USS_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:USS_Langley
gptkb:USS_Leyte
gptkb:USS_Reprisal
gptkb:USS_Saipan
gptkb:USS_Shangri-La
gptkb:USS_Tarawa
gptkb:USS_Wright
gptkb:USS_Hornet
gptkb:USS_Intrepid
gptkb:USS_Saratoga
gptkb:USS_Wasp
gptkb:Yamato
gptkb:USS_Enterprise
gptkb:USS_Boxer
gptkb:USS_Franklin
gptkb:USS_Kearsarge
gptkb:USS_Bennington
gptkb:USS_Essex
gptkb:USS_Lake_Champlain
gptkb:HMS_Formidable
gptkb:USS_San_Jacinto
gptkb:USS_Belleau_Wood
gptkb:USS_Hancock
gptkb:USS_Midway
gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga
gptkb:USS_Antietam
gptkb:USS_Bataan
gptkb:USS_Bon_Homme_Richard
gptkb:USS_Coral_Sea
gptkb:USS_Cowpens
gptkb:USS_Oriskany
USS Valley Forge
USS Monterey
USS Philippine Sea
USS Laffey
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:96th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:7th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:6th_Marine_Division
gptkb:77th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:27th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:2nd_Marine_Division_(reserve)
gptkb:24th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:1st_Marine_Division
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gptkbp:objective
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capture Okinawa as staging area for invasion of 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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last major battle of World War II
largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater
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gptkbp:startDate
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1945-04-01
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gptkbp:USForces
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gptkb:Tenth_Army
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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