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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: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:Roy_Geiger
gptkb:Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.
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gptkbp:endDate
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June 22, 1945
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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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The Battle of Okinawa
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Ryukyu_Islands
gptkb:Okinawa_Island
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Typhoon_of_Steel
gptkb:destruction_of_Shuri_Castle
gptkb:postwar_U.S._occupation_of_Okinawa
widespread destruction of infrastructure
USS Bunker Hill hit by kamikaze
extensive use of kamikaze attacks
heavy civilian involvement
heavy rain and mud affected fighting
high rate of psychological casualties
intense naval bombardment
mass displacement of Okinawan population
mass suicides among Okinawan civilians
use of flamethrowers and tanks
USS Indianapolis delivered atomic bomb components after battle
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
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:objective
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capture Okinawa as a base for invasion of Japan
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Operation_Iceberg
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
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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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largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War
last major battle of World War II
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gptkbp:startDate
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April 1, 1945
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Jun_Tazaki
gptkb:Office_of_War_Information_(World_War_II)
gptkb:Koji_Takahashi
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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