Battle of Okinawa Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II US Marine from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines on Wana Ridge provides covering fire with his Thompson submachine gun, May 18, 1945. Date April 1 -- June 22, 1945 Location Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan 26 ° 30 ′ N 128 ° 00 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 26.5 ° N 128 ° E ﻿ / 26.5; 128 Coordinates: 26 ° 30 ′ N 128 ° 00 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 26.5 ° N 128 ° E ﻿ / 26.5; 128 Result Allied victory Territorial changes Okinawa occupied by the US until 1972 Belligerents Ground Forces: United States Naval Support: United States United Kingdom Canada New Zealand Australia Japan Commanders and leaders Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. † Claudius Miller Easley † Roy Geiger Joseph Stilwell Chester W. Nimitz Raymond A. Spruance William Halsey, Jr. Mitsuru Ushijima † Isamu Chō † Minoru Ōta † Seiichi Itō † Hiromichi Yahara (POW) Units involved Ground units: Tenth Army XXIV Corps 7th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 77th Infantry Division 96th Infantry Division III Amphibious Corps 1st Marine Division 2nd Marine Division 6th Marine Division Naval units: Fifth Fleet Task Force 50 Task Force 58 Task Force 57 Joint Exp. Force Ground units: Thirty - Second Army 24th Infantry Division 28th Infantry Division 62nd Infantry Division 44th Mixed Brigade 45th Mixed Brigade 59th Mixed Brigade 60th Mixed Brigade 27th Tank Regiment Naval units: 2nd Fleet Combined Fleet Strength 541,000 in Tenth Army 183,000 combat troops rising to c. 250,000 76,000 Japanese soldiers, 20,000 Okinawan conscripts Casualties and losses American Personnel: 14,009 dead to 20,195 dead 12,520 killed in action 55,162 wounded Materiel: 12 destroyers sunk 15 amphibious ships sunk 9 other ships sunk 386 ships damaged 763 - 768 aircraft 225 tanks Japanese Personnel: From 77,166 killed to 110,000 killed (US estimate) More than 7,000 captured Materiel: 1 battleship sunk 1 light cruiser sunk 5 destroyers sunk 9 other warships sunk 1,430 aircraft lost 27 tanks destroyed 743 - 1,712 artillery pieces, anti-tank guns, and anti-aircraft guns 40,000 -- 150,000 civilians killed out of some est. 300,000 Location within Japan
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