Its already in your hands. The principal remaining japanese strength of more than 50,000 troops has managed to steal mate the army corp. And the Marine Amphibious core from arrived to support them. From naha, the enemy defense line remains unbroken like a stone wall to the east coast. Along this line, marine troops face the concentrated fire of japanese artillery which has been the most effective yet encounters in any pacific operation. Here our armored units must go over terrained a ve advantageoue japanese. The cliff side and placement and observation points command most of the negotiable terrain. It must be overcome point by point. Our artillery delivers heavy fire on the enemys defense line. The garsen village is too heavily fortified for frontal assault. Seasonal rains persisting for weeks force curtailment of artillery action due to the difficulty in ammunition supply. Virtually all vehicle transport is bogged down by roads two to three feet deep in mud. As the rain continues, Ma
Narrator the upper 4 5 of okinawa are already in our hands. The principal remaining japanese strength of more than 50,000 troops has managed to stalemate both the 24th army corps and the marine Third Amphibious corps, which has arrived from the north to support them. From the capital city of naha, the enemy defense line runs unbroken for four miles like a stone wall to the east coast. Along this line, marine troops faced the concentrated fire of japanese artillery, which has been the most effective yet encountered in any pacific operation. [airplanes roaring] [explosion] [incessant gunfire] [explosions] here are armored units that operate over terrain that is tactically advantageous to the japanese. Volcanic outcroppings and coral knobs enable the enemy to go withdraw from one fortified ridge to another. The cliffside emplacements and observation points go over most command most of the negotiable terrain comprising a , stubborn rathole Defense System which must be overcome point by poi
A majority. Turkey has shot down a syrian warplane of adlib in the northwest as Government Forces try to advance deeper to capture the last major rebel held area the 3rd syrian fighter downed in 3 days turkeys escalating campaign is threatening to bring it to direct confrontation with the Syrian Governments ally russia the violence is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians 8 people were killed by an explosion and it lip city elsewhere fighting is on intensifying in the south thats happening in iraq despite a cease fire thats been in place there since 2018 there are reports of at least 5 people have been killed those fighting continues u. S. Special envoy for syria James Jeffrey and u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Kelly croft visited the border area with syria and met with members of the syrian white helmets. Those hills over there. The Turkish Military and the Syrian Opposition are 1st of all fighting to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe millions or millions of refugees that the
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