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[[Image:Japan okinawa map small.png|right|thumb|300px]]
[[Image:Japan okinawa map small.png|right|thumb|300px]]
'''Okinawa''' is a part of a collection of islands south of the [[Japanese]] Home Islands that have been Japanese possessions since the seventeenth century.
'''Okinawa''' is a part of a collection of islands south of the [[Japanese]] Home Islands that have been Japanese possessions since the seventeenth century.
see [[Battle of Okinawa]]
It was the site of the bloodiest battle between the [[United States]] and Japan of [[World War II]], beginning on April 1, 1945. A total of 60,000 U.S. troops landed on Okinawa in the largest amphibious attack of the [[War in the Pacific]]. A total of 12,000 Americans died and 36,000 were wounded.
It was the site of the bloodiest battle between the [[United States]] and Japan of [[World War II]], beginning on April 1, 1945. A total of 60,000 U.S. troops landed on Okinawa in the largest amphibious attack of the [[War in the Pacific]]. A total of 12,000 Americans died and 36,000 were wounded.
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Battle of Okinawa]]
*[[Kobe]]
*[[Kobe]]
*[[Tokyo]]
*[[Tokyo]]