Operation Hailstone, the two-day carrier assault launched 82 years ago this week, demolished Japan's largest overseas naval installation and sent more than 40 ships beneath the waves.
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From Okinawa to Honshu: How naval bombardments, blockades, and Soviet intervention pushed Japan to the brink
The brutal lessons of Okinawa profoundly shaped Allied strategy in 1945. There, deeply entrenched Japanese defenses, kamikaze attacks, and catastrophic civilian casualties revealed the terrible cost ...
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