<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Okinawa </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> US Marine from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines on Wana Ridge provides covering fire with his Thompson submachine gun, May 18, 1945 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 1--June 22, 1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan 26 ° 30 ′ N 128 ° 00 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 26.5 ° N 128 ° E ﻿ / 26.5; 128 Coordinates: 26 ° 30 ′ N 128 ° 00 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 26.5 ° N 128 ° E ﻿ / 26.5; 128 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Okinawa occupied by the US until 1972 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ground Forces: United States Naval Support: United States United Kingdom Canada New Zealand Australia </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. † Claudius Miller Easley † Roy Geiger Joseph Stilwell Chester W. Nimitz Raymond A. Spruance William Halsey, Jr . </Td> <Td> Mitsuru Ushijima † Isamu Chō † Minoru Ōta † Seiichi Itō † Hiromichi Yahara (POW) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Units involved </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Ground units: Tenth Army </P> <Ul> <Li> XXIV Corps <Ul> <Li> 7th Infantry Division </Li> <Li> 27th Infantry Division </Li> <Li> 77th Infantry Division </Li> <Li> 96th Infantry Division </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> III Amphibious Corps <Ul> <Li> 1st Marine Division </Li> <Li> 2nd Marine Division </Li> <Li> 6th Marine Division </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <P> Naval units: Fifth Fleet </P> <Ul> <Li> Task Force 50 <Ul> <Li> Task Force 58 </Li> <Li> Task Force 57 </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Joint Exp . Force </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Ground units: Thirty - Second Army </P> <Ul> <Li> 24th Infantry Division </Li> <Li> 28th Infantry Division </Li> <Li> 62nd Infantry Division </Li> <Li> 44th Mixed Brigade </Li> <Li> 45th Mixed Brigade </Li> <Li> 59th Mixed Brigade </Li> <Li> 60th Mixed Brigade </Li> <Li> 27th Tank Regiment </Li> </Ul> Naval units: 2nd Fleet Combined Fleet </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 541,000 in Tenth Army 183,000 combat troops rising to c . 250,000 </Td> <Td> 76,000 Japanese soldiers, 20,000 Okinawan conscripts </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Dl> <Dt> American </Dt> </Dl> <P> Personnel: 14,009 dead to 20,195 dead </P> <Ul> <Li> 12,520 killed in action </Li> </Ul> 38,000 wounded to 55,162 wounded Materiel: 12 destroyers sunk 15 amphibious ships sunk 9 other ships sunk 386 ships damaged 763--768 aircraft 225 tanks destroyed . </Td> <Td> <Dl> <Dt> Japanese </Dt> </Dl> Personnel: From 77,166 killed to 110,000 killed (US estimate) More than 7,000 captured Materiel: 1 battleship sunk 1 light cruiser sunk 5 destroyers sunk 9 other warships sunk 1,430 aircraft lost 27 tanks destroyed 743--1,712 artillery pieces, anti-tank guns, and anti-aircraft guns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 40,000--150,000 civilians killed out of some est. 300,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Location within Japan </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Okinawa </Th> </Tr>

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