what did the battle of okinawa prove to the?
<answer> Okinawa was to prove a bloody battle even by the standards of the war in the Far East but it was to be one of the major battles of WWII. <context> The Battle of Okinawa started in April 1945 The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far east. Okinawa was to prove a bloody battle even by the standards of the war in the Far East but it was to be one of the major battles of WWII. Alongside, the territorial re-conquest of land in the Far East, the Americans wished to destroy what was left of Japan’s merchant fleet and use airstrips in the region to launch bombing raids on Japan’s industrial heartland.