Rain Steel Okinawa

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Having in-direct fire assets helped to impact the battle of Okinawa enormously. There were dilemmas, troubles, and endeavors. This battle leads to the progression of our artillery. It educated the military and artillery showing it is difficult to shoot, move, and communicate effectively when moving with the fast pace of a battle. Throughout the 82-day battle, they used marine air, artillery, mortars, and naval gunfire. Artillery provided fires delaying, disrupting, and destroying the enemy, proving who the true king of battle is.
The battle for Okinawa began on 01April1945 and went until 22June1945. The capture of Okinawa was part of the plan to win the Far East war. The island of Okinawa is a part of a group of islands at the southern end of Japan. The main focus for the Americans were four airfields that were on the island that they wanted to control. The forces that made up the American landing party were the III Amphibious Corps and XXIV Corps, making the Tenth U.S. Army under the command of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. American forces …show more content…
As this was happening, the marines were making several landings in other spots on the island during the latter part of May. On June 18th, the Tenth Army Commander, General Buckner was killed by enemy artillery while conducting recon with the marines. Marine Major General Roy Geiger was the next and command and was promoted to Lieutenant General on the spot and put in charge of the American Army. On June 21st, the island had been secured and enemy troops were surrendering by the hundreds. Early on the morning of June 22nd, Japanese commander Ushijima and his chief of staff committed ritual suicide. By the end of the 82-day long battle, there had been over 100,000 Japanese troops killed, 12,000 Americans were killed, and civilian casualties were almost

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