Okinawa by Robert Taylor. (C) REG436 Hans-Ekkehard Bob claims his fifth

Hans-Ekkehard Bob claims his fifth victory

000 tons of bombs

Adolf Galland flew as a of III

escorted by as many fighters

Okinawa by Robert Taylor. (C) REG436 Hans-Ekkehard Bob claims his fifthDHM6576C. Okinawa by Robert Taylor. Following their victory at Midway, American forces had fought a long, bloody and bitter campaign to retake the Japanese held islands in the Pacific. By the end of March 1945, however, they had finally captured Iwo Jima and looked towards Okinawa, a province of Japan itself. But the closer the fighting came to Japan, the greater was the enemy's resistance. The five week long battle for Iwo Jima had been bloody,