70 years ago the battle of okinawa.

[Sergio Natali]

Just found it on the Net and I thought it would have been interesting to remember:

Seventy years ago, the Battle of Okinawa drew to a close after two and a half months; it would be the final major land battle of World War II. It was the costliest engagement of ‪#‎WW2‬ in the Pacific. Japan lost 100,000 soldiers and an estimated 100,000 civilians as well. The Allies suffered over 65,000 casualties including 14,000 dead. Such imposing casualty figures, as well as the desperate nature of the kamikaze attacks, was on the minds of U.S. commanders as they contemplated the decision to deploy atomic bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki.