Okinawa was lost on 21 June, after almost 3 months of fierce fighting in wchich 110k Japanese troops and an estimated 150k civilians died. On the American side about 13k were killed and a further 40 injured. These were the highest American casualty figures in the entire war, and suggested the Japanese defense was indeed going to be tenacious.
-Kenneth Henshall
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