Anniversary of the U.S. & Allied Victory at the Battle of Okinawa
On June 22, 1945, U.S. and Allied Forces declared victory over the Imperial Japanese Army. The battle was the costliest of the Pacific War and paved the way for an invasion of mainland Japan that would ultimately never occur because of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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