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Pacific. the objective is okinawa, one of the ring of island fortresses protecting japan 300 miles away. >> anthony: on april 1, 1945 a u.s. invasion fleet of nearly 1,500 ships. a landing force of 182,000 people. that's 75,000 more than normandy, approached okinawa. what came next was what okinawans called a "typhoon of steel." ♪ ♪ having island hopped across the pacific, allied forces saw okinawa as a key base for fleet anchorage, troop staging, and air operations for the final push into the japanese mainland and victory. the fighting was brutal for both sides. the cost in lives and reso...

The objective is okinawa, one of the ring of island fortresses protecting japan 300 miles away. >> anthony: on april 1, 1945 a u.s. invasion fleet of nearly 1,500 ships. a landing force of 182,000 people. that's 75,000 more than normandy, approached okinawa. what came next was what okinawans called a "typhoon of steel." ♪ ♪ having island hopped across the pacific, allied forces saw okinawa as a key base for fleet anchorage, troop staging, and air operations for the final push into the japanese mainland and victory. the fighting was brutal for both sides. the cost in lives and resources for...

>> anthony: on april 1, 1945 a u.s. invasion fleet of nearly 1,500 ships. a landing force of 182,000 people. that's 75,000 more than normandy, approached okinawa. what came next was what okinawans called a "typhoon of steel." ♪ ♪ having island hopped across the pacific, allied forces saw okinawa as a key base for fleet anchorage, troop staging, d air operations for the final push into the japanese mainland and victory. the fighting was brutal for both sides. the cost in lives and resources for the allied forces was tremendous. and when it was over, military planners looked at the mainland,...

>> archival newscaster: still another american invasion in the pacific. the objective is okinawa, one of the ring of island fortresses protecting japan 300 miles away. >> anthony: on april 1, 1945 a u.s. invasion fleet of nearly 1,500 ships. a landing force of 182,000 people. that's 75,000 more than normandy, approached okinawa. what came next was what okinawans called a "typhoon of steel." ♪ ♪ having island hopped across the pacific, allied forces saw okinawa as a key base for fleet anchorage, troop staging, and air operations for the final push into the japanese mainland and victory. the...

>> anthony: on april 1, 1945, a u.s. invasion fleet of nearly 1,500 ships. a landing force of 182,000 people. that's 75,000 more than normandy, approached okinawa. what came next was what okinawans called a "typhoon of steel." ♪ ♪ having island hopped across the pacific, allied forces saw okinawa as a key base for fleet anchorage, troop staging, and air operations for the final push into the japanese mainland and victory. the fighting was brutal for both sides. the cost in lives and resources for the allied forces was tremendous. and when it was over, military planners looked at the mainla...