Footage from April 16th records the American ... Many of them were residents of Okinawa drafted by the military just before the Battle of Okinawa under the system called defense conscription.

“Combined with the memory of the ferocious ground battle (the enhancement of the defense capability in Okinawa) has greatly perturbed the residents of Okinawa Prefecture,” Tamaki said.

NAHA--Every time Yasuko Onaga catches TV footage of Ukrainian civilians ... of her own hellish experiences during the bloody Battle of Okinawa 77 years ago. She wonders what must be going through ...

In the final stages of World War Two, Japan fought a fierce land battle against US forces in Okinawa. More than 200,000 people were killed, about half of them civilians. Now, a recent discovery is ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

Rare and dramatic footage captures the chaos and destruction of this cataclysmic battle while military historians discuss its lasting legacy. OKINAWA: THE LAST BATTLE offers a gripping portrait of ...

The Battle of Okinawa erupted in the final stages of World War Two and lasted more than three months. By the end of it, over 200,000 soldiers and civilians were dead.