Operation Olympic approved; Japanese Special Attack aircraft sorties continue off Okinawa; Yokohama & urban Tokyo bombed
May 24, 2015-May 30, 2015
Location: Government Documents
With Germany's surrender, priority is at last focused on the war's Pacific theater. By a system of point credit, soldiers are either discharged or redeployed from Europe to the Pacific, with a paid 30-day rest and recuperation at home if continuing service. Many will receive B-29 bomber training. Those in the supply and service units go directly to the Pacific. See Global Logistics and Strategy, 1943-1945 for the planned schedule. By the end of this week 70 years ago, over 10,000 from the Army, Marines, Navy, and Coast Guard are killed or missing fighting in Okinawa. Over 61,000 are dead on the Japanese side. But the battle in Okinawa continues, despite the monsoon rains. Provisions of food and medicine are included in the anticipated casualties and surrender of Okinawa.
Newsmap. Monday, 4 June, 1945: week of 22 May to 29 May, V-E Day + 4 weeks, 181st week of U. S. participation in the war. Text and maps depict military action on Okinawa, in Foochow, Tokyo, and Mindanao. Verso: illustrated description of psychological warfare "paper bullets"--leaflets--which are Safe-Conduct Surrender Pass instructions to encourage enemy German and Japanese to surrender.
- View this map in print in the Map Collection reading room, ground floor of UHM Hamilton Library, the week of 24 May 2015
- View this map online through the University of North Texas Digital Library ( http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc819/)
Notes: Newsmaps were color posters issued by the U.S. Army and the Government Printing Office (GPO) on Mondays during the World War II. They combine maps, images, and news from the previous week’s war effort.
