Battle of Okinawa Statistics

Americans: Marines go North to secure the mountains, Army goes South to capture Shuri and Naha.
Of the 400,000 Okinawans who lived on Okinawa at the time of the Battle, 150,000+ were lost or killed.

AMERICAN INVASION FORCES

Area Commander: Admiral Chester Nimitz

Commander, Division Force: Admiral Raymond Spruance

C.G., 10th Army: LtGen Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.

10TH ARMY COMPONENTS

XXIV CORPS

7th Division

96th Division

27th Division (later)

77th Division (later)

III AMPHIBIOUS CORPS

1st Marine Division

6th Marine Division

2nd Marine Division

CASUALTIES

Killed: 12,250

Wounded: 36,361

30 Ships Sunk

223 Ships Damaged

JAPANESE DEFENSES

C.G. LtGen Mitsuro Ushijima

C.G. LtGen Isamu Cho

Sr. Operations Officer: Col. Hiromichi Yahara

32ND ARMY COMPONENTS

62nd Imperial Infantry Division

24th Imperial Infantry Division

NAVAL FORCES

44th Independant Mixed Brigade

Kamikaze Planes

TACTICAL OBJECTIVE

Destroy U.S. 10th Army

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE

Cripple U.S. Navy

GOALS

Prevent invasion of mainland Japan

CASUALTIES

Killed: 109,629 (estimate)

POWs: 7,821

Yamato (ship) sunk; 3,500 kamikazes destroyed

Battle of Okinawa Statistics

Americans: Marines go North to secure the mountains, Army goes South to capture Shuri and Naha.
Of the 400,000 Okinawans who lived on Okinawa at the time of the Battle, 150,000+ were lost or killed.

Sixth Marine Division infantry patrol the ruins of Naha in search of Japanese snipers. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo)

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Battle of Okinawa Statistics

Americans: Marines go North to secure the mountains, Army goes South to capture Shuri and Naha. Of the 400,000 Okinawans who lived on Okinawa at the time of the Battle, 150,000+ were lost or killed.

Sixth Marine Division infantry patrol the ruins of Naha in search of Japanese snipers. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Look at other WWII & Marine Corps-related Web sites:

The Few Links, stories, more about Marines. OOH-RAH! WWII On The Web WWII Vets Tell Their Stories Pictures of World War II

Americans: Marines go North to secure the mountains, Army goes South to capture Shuri and Naha.
Of the 400,000 Okinawans who lived on Okinawa at the time of the Battle, 150,000+ were lost or killed.

The Few Links, stories, more about Marines. OOH-RAH!
WWII On The Web
WWII Vets Tell Their Stories
Pictures of World War II