BBC History UK 04.2020

THE BLOODBATH A

The path to annihilation

ABOVE: Our montage image shows a US rifleman

looking out for Japanese snipers hiding in caves,

while US tanks deploy flame-throwers. The assault

on Okinawa – the first major battle fought on

Japanese territory – met with fanatical resistance

RIGH T: ‘Little Boy’ explodes over the city of

Hiroshima on 6 August 1945

A

The path to annihilation
ABOVE: Our montage image shows a US rifleman
looking out for Japanese snipers hiding in caves,
while US tanks deploy flame-throwers. The assault
on Okinawa – the first major battle fought on
Japanese territory – met with fanatical resistance
RIGH T: ‘Little Boy’ explodes over the city of
Hiroshima on 6 August 1945