Timeline Friday 22 June 1945

Events on Friday 22 June 1945 2

• 1945 Battle of Okinawa Bloodiest battle of the Pacific War The Battle of Okinawa, April 1 to June 22, 1945, was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific. Over 12,000 Americans and 110,000 Japanese soldiers died, along with up to 150,000 Okinawan civilians.
• 1945 Battle of Okinawa The largest amphibious assault of the Pacific War American forces invaded Okinawa in a brutal campaign marked by heavy kamikaze attacks and high civilian casualties, with over 100,000 Japanese and Okinawan civilian deaths. It became a key argument for anticipating catastrophic losses in any invasion of the Japanese home islands. Allied casualties exceeded 65,000.