Battle of Okinawa ends with Allied victory 70 years ago this hour (June 22 1945)


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(Friday, June 22, 1945, 4:00 a.m. JST; during the Battle of Okinawa, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — The 82-day Battle of Okinawa, one of the bloodiest in the Pacific, ended today when Japanese Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima, the commander of Okinawa’s defense, committed suicide with a number of Japanese officers and troops rather than surrender to the Allies.


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