The Ryukyus
Capture of Okinawa ("The Great Loochoo")

Related: Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Doctrine for amphibious operations.

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Contents

The Battle for Okinawa:

• HISTORY OF U.S. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, by Samuel Eliot Morison
  Vol. XIV: Victory in the Pacific
• The Amphibians Came to Conquer, Chapter XXIV

• U.S. ARMY IN WORLD WAR II--THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC
  Okinawa: The Last Battle
• U.S. ARMY CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR II
  Ryukyus: 26 March--2 July 1945

• U.S. MARINE CORPS HISTORICAL MONOGRAPH
  Okinawa, Victory in the Pacific
• HISTORY OF U.S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
  Vol. V: Victory and Occupation
• MARINES IN WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE HISTORY
  The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa

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The Fleet That Came to Stay: Naval Operations & the Kamikazes

• Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: Chapter 30-- Okinawa

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Additional Resources
World War II DVDs from The History Channel USMC World War II Fact Sheet: Campaign for Okinawa Japan's Battle of Okinawa, April-June 1945, Thomas M. Huber [Leavenworth Papers No. 18]

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