How did the battle of okinawa effect World War 2?

Answer 1

The Battle of Midway was a strong US victory which caused Japan's invasion fleet to return to its home port. Japan's carrier fleet had been destroyed and Midway Island was never again threatened.

Answer 2

The fierce resistance by the Japanese and the high casualty figures both

military and civilian as well as the Kamikaze attacks on the fleet were just

one of the factors that formed the deceision to use the atomic bombs on

Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The battle of Okinawa may have led the world

into the Nuclear Age.

Answer 3

The fanatical ferocity of the Japanese defense and the blood toll (more than 130,000 natives, about 100,000 Japanese, about 12,000 dead US soldiers) gave a strong argument to those advocating the use of "the bomb" instead of invading the main islands, like it was done in Normandy.

The nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 300,000 Japanese, mostly civilians, but they probably saved millions of other lives, lives of Japanese civilians forced by the military to fight an American invasion (like the German Volkssturm), to fight a war already long lost.

Answer 4

Yes, for the first time in the war, American marines fought the Japanese on Japanese soil and defeated them. It was a major morale victory to be defeating the Japanese on their own soil.

In addition, the actions of the Japanese soldiers and civilians on Okinawa druing the battle and after their defeat led the American military brass to believe that any landing and invasion of the Japanese mainland would create millions of dead Americans and Japanese. This led to the idea to drop the bomb, rather than invade the island.

Answer 5

Okinawa was the island that the Americans used as a basis for casualities and losses to human life for the planned invasion of the main islands of Japan.

When the island was taken, the projected losses ran to over a million American lives which was deemed too costly for an invasion of mainland Japan so an alternative way to defeat Japan had to be found which resulted in the two atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki in August 1945. This effectively ended the Second World War with not a single American being killed by invading Japan.

Answer 6

Because the Japanese Navy dropped bombs on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Okinawa, or the Ryu Kyu Islands, were involved for the same reason that so many other island nations were, they were there. The locations were key to control of the ocean, by providing air bases and ports to patrol the Pacific Ocean. Okinawa has been a key set of islands for centuries due to the central location between Japan and China, as well as the Philippines and many other smaller ares. Now a part of Japan, Okinawa has been a part of China and maintained its own government until recently.

Answer 7

By capturing Iwo Jima The Allied forces were able to create an emergency air strip for crippled B-29's. They could could also conduct more air attacks helping them win WW2.

Answer 8

The Americans got control of a useful and important air base

Answer 9

The battle of Okiawa lead to America bombing Hiroshima which would lead to the surrender of Japan and Allies winning.