The U.S. military recognized Okinawa's strategic importance for Pacific security and planned ... their sacrifice made possible the post-World War II Japan-U.S. security alliance.

Okinawa was then annexed into modern Japan. After becoming one of the bloodiest battle sites in the Pacific War, the southernmost island prefecture came under U.S. military rule for 27 years.

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