The American base on Okinawa has relocated 105 Marines. But an agreement to move 9,000 in total is colliding with the ...

The Battle of Okinawa began late March and was the only ground battle involving civilians fought in Japan. Prefectural records state that one in four Okinawans, or about 120,000, was killed in the ...

Under the cover of a naval bombardment of more than 100,000 shells, the American military began landing on Okinawa at 8:30 am. It was the beginning of a merciless battle that was later described ...

URUMA CITY, Okinawa — Japanese troops exploded 461 U.S.-made shells off the coast on Thursday, the latest in a continuing stream of World War II leftovers that turn up on the former island ...

The Battle of Okinawa, fought against US-led forces, claimed the lives of more than 200 thousand civilians and soldiers. About one quarter of the entire population of Okinawa was wiped out.

When she was an elementary school pupil, she asked her grandfather about his experience in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa as part of a school project on peace. But the grandfather became silent ...

During the Battle of Okinawa, civilians were caught between 2 major military forces, each determined to fight to the end. More than 120,000 civilians were killed. After the battle, Okinawa served ...

Mysteries still shroud a tragedy 80 years ago in which many civilian passengers died in U.S. military attacks on running ...

The war in the Pacific was long and bloody -- when the final battle came, it was perhaps the fercest of all. At Okinawa, over 250,000 soldiers fought a desperate, 82-day battle that only half ...

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In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in ...

Proactive Mental Health Treatment Increased Combat Effectiveness on Okinawa and Can on Today's Battlefields. Attrition changed the dynamics of the battlefield in Ukraine. Attrition thinned the front ...