Battle of Okinawa (Q192660)

Summary from 日本語 / Japanese Wikipedia (jawiki)

沖縄戦(おきなわせん、旧字体: 沖繩戰)または沖縄の戦い(おきなわのたたかい)とは、第二次世界大戦末期の1945年(昭和20年)、沖縄諸島に上陸した米軍と英軍を主体とする連合国軍と日本軍との間で行われた戦いの総称である。連合軍側の作戦名はアイスバーグ作戦(英: Operation Iceberg、氷山作戦)。琉球語では、Ucinaaikusa (ウチナー〈沖縄〉いくさ〈戦、軍〉)ともいう。

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg,: 17  was a battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. The initial invasion of Okinawa on 1 April 1945 was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Kerama Islands surrounding Okinawa were preemptively captured on 26 March by the 77th Infantry Division. The 82-day battle lasted from 1 April until 22 June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were planning to use Kadena Air Base on the large island of Okinawa as a base for Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands, 340 mi (550 km) away.

Summary from 汉语 / Chinese Wikipedia (zhwiki)

冲繩島戰役(又称沖繩戰役、日语:沖縄戦,英語:Battle of Okinawa),盟军代號為“冰山行動”,是在琉球群島中冲繩本島進行的一場戰役,也是第二次世界大戰太平洋戰場中規模最大的兩棲登陸行動以及最後一場戰役。戰役從1945年4月上旬開始持續到6月中旬,為期82天。

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

La bataille d'Okinawa se déroule du 1er avril au 22 juin 1945, soit quatre-vingt-deux jours, dans l'archipel Okinawa au Japon lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dernière grande bataille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, elle a été l'une des plus sanglantes sur le théâtre du Pacifique. C'est également le plus grand assaut amphibie de la guerre du Pacifique,.

Summary from 한국어 / Korean Wikipedia (kowiki)

오키나와 전투(일본어: 沖縄戦 오키나와센[*], 영어: Battle of Okinawa) 또는 코드네임 아이스버그 작전(영어: Operation Iceberg)는 태평양 전쟁이 막바지이던 1945년 4월 1일부터 6월 23일까지 83일에 걸쳐 치른 전투로 이오지마 전투에 이어 최초로 일본 영토 내에서 벌어진 미군과 일본군의 전면전으로 미국인들과 일본인들 및 세계인들에게 큰 충격을 주었다.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

De Slag om Okinawa (Japans: 沖縄戦, Okinawa-sen), geallieerde codenaam Operation Iceberg, vond plaats van 1 april tot 22 juni 1945 in het zuiden van Japan tussen Japanse en Amerikaanse strijdkrachten.

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