THE NAVAL GUN AT OKINAWA WWII DOCUMENTARY FILM 83182

Support Our Channel : Produced in 1946, “The Naval Gun At Okinawa,“ details the important role warships -- battleships, cruisers and even destroyers -- played in bombarding Japanese dug into caves and support of ground forces in the battles for Shuri Castle and Naha. The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall). Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army (the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two Marine Divisions (the 1st and 6th) fought on the island. Their invasion was supported by naval, amphi