The Okinawa campaign is the most complicated amphibious operation of the US military in the Pacific War, and it is also the largest battle. From the beginning of April, 1945, the Japanese army was commanded by Lieutenant General Maniudao, who commanded a brigade consisting of two divisions, with a total number of about 50,000 people. Lieutenant General Wanji Niudao thinks that Okinawa's weakness lies in the south, so he focuses on defending the south of Okinawa. With the help of topographic advantages, two defense lines, Juri and Mugang, were built with Juri as the center. Take Lieutenant General Ito as the commander and command the joint fleet stationed in Kyushu, which will undertake the cover task. The Japanese army mainly fought against the air force and adopted the most commonly used "bunker tactics" in the past.
Japan sent nearly 780 planes, of which 202 were suicide planes. In addition to suicide planes, Japan has also developed a new weapon "Sakura Bomb"! The U.S. military calls this cherry blossom bomb an "eight-grid bomb." Because it is the first time for the US military to contact this kind of cherry blossom bomb, the Japanese cherry blossom bomb has brought great losses to the US military. The Japanese army launched three chrysanthemum water operations, each of which brought considerable losses to the US military. Because there are many caves in Okinawa, the Japanese army can hide in the caves and sneak into the American army, which also brings difficulties to the American army's attack.
The war ended in the defeat of Japan. This battle made Japan lose its last defensive zone outside its own territory, and at the same time, the Japanese army was wiped out by a large number of effective forces, which also made the Japanese army retreat to its own territory at the last minute.
However, the excessive casualties of American troops also led to the change of strategic plan. Initially, the US military was prepared to land in Japan with the Soviet Union and conduct a comprehensive sweep of Japan like Germany, but the heavy casualties in the Okinawa campaign forced the US military to reassess. Finally, the US military command believes that if the US military lands in Japan to fight, it will take at least 2 million troops to destroy Japan. This kind of casualties is unbearable for the United States. Finally, the United States used an atomic bomb, which indirectly led to Japan's surrender.