Week 293 - The Battle of Okinawa Begins - WW2 - April 6, 1945

It’s the next step toward invading Japan’s Home Islands- invading Okinawa, and it begins April 1st. Advances are easy by land, but at sea the kamikaze menace is in full swing. In Burma, plans are made to liberate Rangoon; in the west hundreds of thousands of Germans are surrounded in the Ruhr; and in the east, the Soviets begin assaults on Königsberg and Vienna. Join us on Patreon: Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: Between 2 Wars: Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński Community Management: Ian Sowden Written by: Indy Neidell Research by: Indy Neidell Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Sietse Kenter Edited by: Iryna Dulka Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman Jaris Almazani (Artistic Man), Source literature list: Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - Image sources: IWM SE 1628, SE 2203, SE 1931 Caracal Rooikat hpebley3 on Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: Easy Target - Rannar Sillard At the Front - Phoenix Tail Dragon King - Jo Wandrini 41 clicks from the sun - Hampus Naeselius Live, Fight, Survive - Anthony Earls Leave It All Here - Fabien Tell Other Sides of Glory - Fabien Tell Run and Hide - Philip Ayers Break Free - Fabien Tell The Hourglass - Jon Bjork Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen Rush of Blood - Reynard Seidel Shrouded in Conspiracy - Jon Bjork It’s Not a Game - Philip Ayers Wicked Games - Philip Ayers Please Hear Me Out STEMS INSTRUMENTS - Philip Ayers Planting the Seeds - David Celeste A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.