Mitsuru Ushijima's forces are defeated and the Battle of Okinawa is officially over. However, since most of the Japanese fought to the death, victory comes at a bloody cost- over 50,000 US casualties and over 100,000 Japanese and also possibly that many Okinawan deaths. The fight on North Borneo continues, there's a raid on Wake Island, and the Japanese powers that be meet to actually discuss making some sort of peace with the Allies.

00:00 INTRO
01:25 TRUMAN AND THE INTERIM COMMITTEE
05:00 BATTLE OF OKINAWA
08:06 THE END OF OKINAWA
13:22 RAID ON WAKE ISLAND
14:23 BATTLE OF NORTH BORNEO
15:33 HIROHITO WANTS PEACE
16:54 CONCLUSION

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Jake McCluskey
Written by: Indy Neidell
Research by: Indy Neidell
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
Mikołaj Uchman
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Source literature list: https://bit.ly/SourcesWW2

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Easy Target - Rannar Sillard
Magnificent March 3 - Johannes Bornlöf
Last Point of Safe Return - Fabien Tell
Heroes Will Fall - Bonnie Grace
Heroes On Horses - Gunnar Johnsén
Rivers Run Red - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Split Decision - Rannar Sillard
At the Front - Phoenix Tail
Call for Action - Jon Bjork
Lethal Secrets - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Where Heroes Come to Die - Hampus Naeselius

A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.