Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
The Volcano and Ryūkyū Islands campaign was a series of battles and engagements between Allied forces and Imperial Japanese forces in the
Pacific Ocean campaign of World War
II between January and June, 1945. the campaign took place in the Volcano and Ryukyu island groups. The two main land battles in the
campaign were the Battle of Iwo Jima (February
16-March 26, 1945) and the Battle of Okinawa (April 1-June 21,
1945). One major naval battle occurred, called Operation
Ten-Go (April 7, 1945) after the operational title given to
it by the Japanese. The campaign was part of the Allied Japan campaign intended to
provide staging areas for an
See also
|
Volcano and
Ryukyu Islands campaign |
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| Iwo Jima – Okinawa – Ten-Go |
| Japan campaign |
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| Air raids –
Volcano & Ryukyu Is – Tokyo – Starvation –
Tokyo Bay – |
| Pacific Ocean theater |
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| Pearl Harbor
– Midway – Solomons –
Aleutians – Gilberts
& Marshalls – Marianas & Palau – Volcano Is & Ryukyu Is |
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