10 Oct 1944
Japan
Japan
- Landing ship No. 157 was sunk by US aircraft at Naha, Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | Naha, Okinawa | CPC]
25 Mar 1945
Japan
Japan
- Aircraft from US Task Force 58 sank the Japanese merchant cargo ships Okinoyama Maru No. 5 and Chokai Maru near Naha, Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Naha, Okinawa | HM]
17 May 1945
Japan
Japan
- In Japan, after a vicious 48-hour battle the Okinawan capital, Naha, was captured by the Americans. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | Naha, Okinawa | AC]
20 May 1945
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