Battle of Okinawa
1945 · Event
Last major Pacific battle; ~200,000 killed including ~100,000 civilians; foreshadows expected cost of invading the Home Islands.
On these timelines: Master, World War II, Japan
Around 1945
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)