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| Name | Battle of Okinawa | Japanese Kamikaze Attacks on US Ships | Pacific War | US Navy Documentary | 1945 |
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| Video Discription | ● Please SUPPORT my work on Patreon: https://bit.ly/2LT6opZ ● Visit my 2ND CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/2ILbyX8 ►Facebook: https://bit.ly/2INA7yt ►Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Lz57nY ►Google+: https://bit.ly/2IPz7dl ✚ Watch my "WW2 in the Pacific" PLAYLIST: https://bit.ly/2KUw6ZY This film (originally titled as The Fleet that Came to Stay) is a 1945 U.S. Navy documentary about the naval engagements of the Okinawa Campaign in World War 2. It details the aerial and naval battles that raged during the invasion of Okinawa. The film shows the invasion from the U.S. Navy point of view and explains why the U.S. fleet had to remain at the base even under constant Japanese kamikaze attacks. Battle of Okinawa was the most devastating air-sea battle of all time. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT About the Battle of Okinawa: The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese: 沖縄戦), codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a series of battles fought in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War 2, the 1 April 1945 invasion of Okinawa itself. The 82-day-long battle lasted from 1 April until 22 June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were planning to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations for the planned invasion of Honshu, the Japanese mainland. The United States created the Tenth Army, a cross-branch force consisting of the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th infantry divisions of the U.S. Army with the 1st and 6th divisions of the Marines Corps, to fight on the island. The Tenth was unique in that it had its own tactical air force (joint Army-Marine command), and was also supported by combined naval and amphibious forces. The battle has been referred to as the "typhoon of steel" in English, and tetsu no ame ("rain of steel") in Japanese. The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of Japanese kamikaze attacks, and the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle was one of the most devastating in the Pacific, with an estimated total of over 82,000 direct casualties on both sides. As part of the naval operations surrounding the battle, the Japanese battleship Yamato was sunk, and both sides lost considerable numbers of ships and aircraft. After the battle, Okinawa provided a fleet anchorage, troop staging areas, and airfields in proximity to Japan in preparation for the planned invasion. The Japanese had used kamikaze tactics since the Battle of Leyte Gulf (23–26 October 1944), but for the first time, they became a major part of the defense. Between the American landing on 1 April and 25 May, seven major kamikaze attacks were attempted, involving more than 1,500 planes. While no major Allied warships were lost, several fleet carriers were severely damaged. The British Pacific Fleet, was assigned the task of neutralizing the Japanese airfields in the Sakishima Islands (part of the Ryukyu Islands), which it did successfully from 26 March to 10 April. On 10 April, its attention was shifted to airfields on northern Formosa. Several kamikaze attacks caused significant damage, but since the British used armored flight decks on their aircraft carriers, they only experienced a brief interruption to their force's objective. About the Kamikaze: Kamikaze (神風, "divine wind" or "spirit wind") were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War 2, designed to destroy warships more effectively than was possible with conventional attacks. During World War 2, about 3,860 kamikaze pilots died, and about 19% of kamikaze attacks managed to hit a ship. Kamikaze aircraft were essentially pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft. Pilots would attempt to crash their aircraft into enemy ships. The tradition of death instead of defeat, capture, and perceived shame was deeply entrenched in Japanese military culture. It was one of the primary traditions in the samurai life and the Bushido code: loyalty and honour until death, as the Japanese perceived it. Battle of Okinawa | Japanese Kamikaze Attacks on US Ships | Pacific War | US Navy Documentary | 1945 |
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