Okinawa campaign

GPTKB entity

Statements (86)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:casualties over 200,000 total
gptkbp:civilianCasualties high
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Isamu_Cho
gptkb:Mitsuru_Ushijima
gptkb:Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.
gptkbp:endDate 1945-06-22
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Okinawa campaign
gptkbp:JapaneseForces gptkb:32nd_Army
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ryukyu_Islands
gptkb:Okinawa_Island
gptkbp:notableEvent heavy kamikaze attacks
mass civilian suicides
USS Bunker Hill hit by kamikaze
gptkbp:notableShip 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
gptkbp:notableUnit 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
gptkbp:objective capture Okinawa as staging area for invasion of Japan
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance last major battle of World War II
largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater
gptkbp:startDate 1945-04-01
gptkbp:USForces gptkb:Tenth_Army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5