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Okinawa - WWII's Bloodiest Battle
By Jane Runyon |
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1 The island of Okinawa lies just 400 miles south of Japan. The Japanese had used the island for air bases since it had started the Asia-Pacific War in the 1930's. Approximately 300,000 thousand Okinawans called it home. The Allies of World War II looked to it as a natural stepping stone in its advance toward Japan. The Japanese looked to it as its last hope of taking control of the Pacific.