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As the war in the Pacific progressed, the United States and Allied troops fought the Japanese in places like New Guinea and the Marshall Islands, as they made their way closer to Japan#xE2;#x80;#x99;s mainland. Okinawa was the intended base for the planned invasion of Japan. The Japanese, however, were entrenched, and the U.S. and Allied forces found themselves in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Over 100,000 Japanese soldiers, 50,000 U.S. and Allied troops, and more than 100,000 civilians lost their lives during this epic eighty-t... MORE

Operation Iceberg	p. 1
The Strategic Decision	p. 1
Nature of the Target	p. 7
The Plan of Attack	p. 17
Mounting the Attack	p. 36
Invasion of the Ryukyus	p. 44
Preliminary Neutralization of Enemy Strength	p. 44
Seizure of the Kerama Islands	p. 51
Softening Up the Target	p. 63
Winning the Okinawa Beachhead	... MOREp. 68
The Landing	p. 69
Moving Inland	p. 74
Organizing the Beachhead	p. 79
Where is the Enemy?	p. 84
The Japanese Forces	p. 84
The Japanese Plan of Defense	p. 92
Enemy Counterattacks by Air and Sea	p. 96
Coming to Grips with the Enemy	p. 103
Through the Outposts, 4-8 April	p. 104
Assaulting the Shuri Defenses, 9-12 April	p. 113
The Enemy Takes the Offensive	p. 130
The Conquest of Northern Okinawa	p. 138
Drive up the Ishikawa Isthmus, 4-7 April	p. 138
Probing the Motobu Defenses, 7-13 April	p. 141
Closing In on Yae-Take, 14-15 April	p. 144
Conquest of Motobu Peninsula, 16-18 April	p. 146
The Capture of Ie Shima	p. 149
Plans and Preparations of the Enemy	p. 150
American Plans and Preparations	p. 153
Invasion of Ie Shima, 16-17 April	p. 156
Stalemate at Bloody Ridge, 18-19 April	p. 163
Capture of Iegusugu, 20-21 April	p. 173
Last Phase	p. 181
The Attack of 19 April on the Shuri Defenses	p. 184
Plans and Preparations	p. 184
Preliminary Attack of the 27th Division, 18 April	p. 190
The General Attack	p. 194
Fall of the First Shuri Defense Ring	p. 208
Item Pocket	p. 208
Assaulting the Outer Shuri Defense Ring	p. 219
Tactics and Tactical Decisions	p. 249
Tactics and Weapons on Okinawa	p. 249
Tactical Decisions	p. 258
Assaulting the Second Shuri Defense Ring	p. 265
Stalemate on the West Coast	p. 267
The 7th Division at Kochi Ridge	p. 269
The Maeda Escarpment Barrier	p. 274
The Japanese Counteroffensive and Its Aftermath	p. 283
Planning the Offensive	p. 283
The Offensive Under Way	p. 286
Japanese Penetration to Tanabaru, 5 May	p. 294
The Americans Resume the Offensive	p. 302
The May Attack on the Shuri Defenses	p. 311
The Attack in the West	p. 313
The Attack in the Center	p. 332
Opening the East Coast Corridor	p. 351
Battle in the Rain	p. 360
Enemy Air Attacks	p. 360
Stalemate in the Center	p. 364
The 6th Marine Division Occupies Naha	p. 372
The 7th Division Bids for Envelopment	p. 377
The Fall of Shuri	p. 383
Exodus From Shuri	p. 387
American Occupation of Shuri	p. 394
Behind the Front	p. 403
Supply Operations	p. 405
Hospitalization and Evacuation	p. 412
Military Government	p. 415
Base Development	p. 419
The Enemy's Last Stand	p. 422
The Push South to the Yaeju-Dake-Yuza-Dake Barrier	p. 422
The Capture of Oroku Peninsula	p. 427
Assaulting the Last Defense Line	p. 434
The Battle Ends	p. 455
End of Organized Resistance	p. 455
Surrender and Suicide	p. 462
Final Mop-up	p. 471
Victory: Cost and Value	p. 473
Major Tactical Units of Tenth Army in the Ryukyus Campaign	p. 475
Japanese 32d Army Units in the Ryukyus Campaign	p. 483
Statistics of the Ryukyus Campaign	p. 487
Bibliographical Note	p. 503
Index	p. 513
Tables
Strength of Army, Marine, and Naval Forces of Tenth Army in the Ryukyus Campaign, 30 April-30 June 1945	p. 488
Comparative American and Enemy Major Losses in the Ryukyus Campaign, 1 April-30 June 1945	p. 489
Casualties Sustained by Tenth Army, 1 April-30 June 1945	p. 490
Troops and Supplies Loaded for the Initial Assault on the Ryukyus	p. 492
Personnel and Supplies Loaded for Assault and for First Echelon Garrison in the Ryukyus Campaign, by Point of Embarkation	p. 493
Comparison of Estimated Capacities for Unloading at Okinawa Beaches and Quantities Actually Unloaded, 1 April-30 June 1945	p. 494
Cargo Unloaded at Okinawa Beaches, 1 April-30 June 1945	p. 496
Ammunition Expended by Tenth Army Field Artillery, 1 April-30 June 1945	p. 498
Ammunition Expended by the U. S. Navy in the Ryukyus Campaign, March-June 1945	p. 500
Ammunition Expended by XXIV Corps, by Type of Weapon, 4 April-21 June 1945	p. 501
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Major Roy E. Appleman (1904-1992) served in the U.S. Army in both World War II and the Korean War. He is the author (or co-author) of several military history studies, including South to Naktong and North to the Yalu. Sergeant James M. Burns is the author of Guam, from the American Forces in Action series. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Captain Russell A. Gugeler is the author (or co-author) of several military history studies, including Combat Actions in Korea. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Colonel John Stevens served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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