April 1st
Battle of Okinawa begins. Tenth Army lands on Higashi beach L-Day.
Yomitan Airstrip is secured.
Yomitan Airstrip is secured.
April 4th
The Tenth Army makes first contact with Japanese defensive fortifications in southern Okinawa heavy fighting.
April 6th
Four hundred kamikaze planes are sent to Okinawa
April 17th
118 Bombers sent to Bomb Japan from Okinawa
April 20th
3rd Marine Corps takes Northern Okinawa
May 11th
Kamikaze hit USS Bunker Hill and kills 300 men.
May 13th
Kamikaze hits USS Enterprise
May 21st
Marines take Sugar Loaf hill. Sugar Loaf Hill was the entrance the Japanese headquarters.
May 24th
Marines take Naha which is the capital of Okinawa.
June 10th
U.S. Generals offer surrendering terms to Japan. With no response from the Japanese the U.S. steps up their aggression.
June 15th
All coordinated Japanese resistance ends.
June 21st
General Gieger announces that Okinawa has been secured.
June 23rd
Japanese General's commit suicide.
August 6th
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 9th
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
August 15th
Japan accepts unconditional surrender.