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| 1945 | Battle of Okinawa |  |
| 1st April Okinawa Begins landing forces on the island of Okinawa, involves 550,000
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| 5th April Okinawa The Japanese fortified HQ at Okinawa is discovered
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| 19th April Okinawa Orders a counterattack which fails & loses 1,000 casualties
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| May Okinawa Attacks the "Shuri line"
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| 17th June Okinawa Makes a broadcast asking the Japanese at Okinawa to surender
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| 17th June Okinawa The US forces divide the Japanese garrison into 3 encircled pockets
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| 19th June Okinawa Killed while inspecting the 8th Marines
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| 1945 | Death | |
| 19th June Okinawa Death of Bolivar Buckner at the battle of Okinawa while inspecting the 8th Marines
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