OKINAWA

OPERATION ICEBERG

• Battle of Okinawa was also known as "Operation Iceberg"
• This battle was fought on the Ryuku Islands
• 82-day-long battle

DEATH COUNT

• Japan- 77,166
• Allies- 14,009

SMALL NAVAL BATTLE

• Operation Ten-Go
• Japan'slargest naval ship
• Spotted by submarines and intercepted by U.S. Aircraft
• 300 aircrafts took on this shop for two hours
• Ship was finally destroyed by a torpedo to one side to prevent any flooding

Japans surrender came after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Largest amphibious assault of Pacific War

Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that uses naval ships to project ground and air military power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore.