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For the first time in the war, the Americans were invading one of the Japanese home islands, rather than re-taking conquered territory. Japanese resistance had always been fierce, but inasmuch as this was Japanese soil, their determination was redoubled, leading to staggering casualties on both sides as well as the advent of the devastating Kamikaze attacks.

The outcome of the war had probably been decided ever since the Battle of Midway, but Okinawa symbolized that outcome playing itself out. Okinawa also became harbinger for what the American forces would face in their advance to Tokyo.

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