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Where did U.S. troops make their main landing on Okinawa on April 1, 1945?
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Battle of Okinawa
U.S. Marines battling for control of a ridge near Naha, Okinawa, May 1945.
On April 1, 1945, U.S. ground troops made their main landing at Hagushi, located on the west coast of central Okinawa. This amphibious operation, part of the broader Battle of Okinawa, involved tens of thousands of troops who successfully established a beachhead and advanced to cut the island's narrow waist.12