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Battle of Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle to End World War II

Alan J. Talbot
NCOA
SLC Class 001-23
Lorrance Reid
February 11, 2023 Battle of Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle to End World War II
Despite the Battle of Okinawa is the bloodiest of World War II, the outcome came as a victory for the United States and its Allied forces ending the war. World War II began on 1 September 1939 and ended with the Battle of Okinawa on 21 June, 1945. The United States did not enter World War II until 7 December, 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. If the United States would not enter World War II the Battle of Okinawa would never have happened. The impact of Army's Air Defense Artillery played a major role in this battle specifically by eliminating …show more content…

The impact of the Army’s Air Defense Artillery role in the Battle of Okinawa was significant for ground infantry forces by pushing back the Japanese fighters. The Air Defenses were made up of the Tenth Army Division, which used 1.1 million 105-mm howitzer rounds during the battle. One Japanese fighter was quoted saying "I am really surprised at the amount of ammunition that the enemy has" this came out in his diary in late April 1945. (Givens, 2022) Another role the Air Defense Artillery played in the Battle of Okinawa was the Japanese attacks known as the kamikazes. The kamikazes were Japanese fighter pilots who crash their planes into U.S. ships mostly. Their aircraft were loaded with explosives to damage or destroy whatever they crash into. For the Air Defenses to combat these kamikaze fighters the U.S. used rapid-firing automatic antiaircraft guns along with radars that tracked tiny radio waves sent out by the planes. This leads to the next topic of the type of weaponry used by the U.S. Air …show more content…

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