<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - I-Okinawa yayiyimpi enkulu yokugcina kuyo yonke impi. Umgomo kwakuwukwenza lesi siqhingi sibe indawo yokulungiselela ukuhlasela kweJapane okwakuhlelelwe ukuba kube khona ekwindla ka-1945. Kwakuqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-550 ukusuka eningizimu yeJapane. Amabutho asemanzini kanye namasosha afika ngo-1 Ephreli 1945, ukuqala umkhankaso wezinsuku ezingu-82 owaba yimpi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni-olwandle-esibhakabhakeni emlandweni futhi waziwa ngobudlova bokulwa kanye nokulahleka kwabantu abaningi abavamile lapho kwafa khona abantu base-Okinawa abangaphezu kuka-150,000. Abashayeli bezindiza zaseJapane ababethatha i-kamikaze balahlekelwa imikhumbi eminingi kunayo yonke emlandweni wamabutho asolwandle ase-U.S. ngokucwila kwemikhumbi engu-38 nokulimala kweminye engu-368. Ingqikithi yokulahleka kwabantu base - U.S. yayingaphezu kuka - 12 500 abafile nabangu - 38 000 abalimele, kuyilapho amaJapane alahlekelwa amadoda angaphezu kuka - 110 000. Izimpi ezinzima nokulahlekelwa okukhulu kwamaMelika kwaholela uMbutho Wezempi ukuba uphikisane nokuhlasela iziqhingi eziyinhloko. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eHiroshima naseNagasaki, kanye nokuhlasela kweSoviet iManchukuo  <response>: , kwaholela ekuzinikeleni kwamaJapane ngo - August 1945. 