During the fighting, General Bruckner was killed by artillery fire, while General Ushijima committed suicide through hara-kiri.
During the fighting, General Bruckner was killed by artillery fire, while General Ushijima committed suicide through hara-kiri. Over 10,000 American lives were lost during the fighting, a number dwarfed by the 100,000 Japanese soldiers killed, along with another 100,000 civilians. The Japanese eventually withdrew after the sinking of the Yamato meant that they could not be relieved by fresh troops, leaving the U.S. in control of for ten points, what strategically significant member of the Ryukyu islands in April 1945?
During the fighting, General Bruckner was killed by artillery fire, while General Ushijima committed suicide through hara-kiri.
{Okinawa}