Okinawa 1945 Map

The Battle of Okinawa (March-June 1945) was the last major battle of WWII and the largest sea-land-air battle in history. It took Allied forces three months to secure the 60-mile long island, during which 1/4 million people died in a hellish landscape of greasy mud and rotting corpses. Many historians believe it was this horrific battle that convinced US leaders to force Japan's surrender with a nuclear strike rather than invade its main islands. The map includes a two-player starting scenario which simulates the situation shortly after the battle began: US forces have landed and established control over central Okinawa, isolating the Japanese at the northern and southern ends of the island. You take it from there. In real life, US troops swept through the sparsely populated northern areas within a few weeks, but it took months of nightmarish fighting to capture the southern part of the island. Tragically, Japanese propaganda had convinced many islanders that the invading Americans would commit genocide and other atrocities; this deception led to many extreme acts of civilian resistance including mass suicides. Postwar US occupation of Okinawa lasted nearly three decades (until 1972) and even today this small island remains home to a large American military presence. The map is best played at its full size (985 x 567) with army graphics turned off. Continents may be more easily defended than they appear, as each one has just four border territories. If you can tell me how to make this map better, please post a note in the Map LAB forum. Thanks! Created by Kartofile. Version 1.0 released November 20, 2006. Okinawa 1945 is a Map Plugin for the computer game Lux Delux. Free Demo $24.95 US Available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. 30 MB download.

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