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	Nabeshima Naoshige - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1584, Nabeshima Naoshige was the chief retainer for the Lord of Hizen until he was killed in battle by the forces of the powerful Shimazu Clan.
		Naoshige also assisted Takanobu during the Battle of Okitanawate but was unable to prevent their rout which later ended in Takanobu's death.
		Following the Battle of Sekigahara during the year of 1600 Naoshige sent his son, Nabeshima Katsushige to assist Tokugawa Ieyasu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nabeshima_Naoshige (424 words)

	Learn more about List of battles (alphabetical) in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Battle of Covadonga - 722 - Moslem Conquest of Spain
		Battle of Mohacs - 1526 - Turkish Conquest of Hungary
		Battle of Pavia (773) - Conquests of Charlemagne
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_battles__alphabetical_.html (4758 words)

	Kyushu
		Kyushu is the source, the mountain spring from which the long river of Japanese civilization began.
		Kyushu also served as a prime staging area for war with Russia and China at the turn of the century.
		Kyushu was also the home port of Japanese pirates who roamed the Yellow Sea and the Pacific seeking plunder and, as a by-product, brought back news from abroad.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/japan/about_destin/kyushu.html (3589 words)

	Operation Downfall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kyushu was to be invaded by U.S. Sixth Army at three points—Miyazaki, Ariake, and Kushikino.
		However, the Battle of Okinawa went on so long that they concluded the Allies would not be able to launch another operation before the typhoon season, during which the weather would be too risky for amphibious operations.
		For the defense of Kyushu, the Japanese took an intermediate posture, with the bulk of their defensive forces a few kilometres inland from the shore—back far enough to avoid complete exposure to naval gunnery, but close enough that the Americans could not establish a secure foothold before engaging them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Downfall (4570 words)

	Battle of Okinawa
		The battle of Okinawa proved to be the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War.
		In the battle of Okinawa, the rate of combat losses due to battle stress, expressed as a percentage of those caused by combat wounds, was 48% [in the Korean War the overall rate was about 20-25%, and in the Yom Kippur War it was about 30%].
		During the course of the battle American forces were informed of two pieces of dramatic news, one tragic and the other joyous.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/okinawa-battle.htm (2047 words)

	Anne P. Sharp: Battle of Dan-no-ura
		The Battle of Dan-no-ura proved a bitter struggle.
		Combined with a change in the tides, this event sealed the battle and many Taira, having fought all they could, threw themselves into the sea.
		Battle of Dan no Ura (24 April 1185) that saw the final destruction of the Taira.
	www.annesharp.com /BattleofDannoura.html (404 words)

	Atomic Bombs in WWII
		Operation Downfall was divided into two major operations, Operation Olympic, the invasion of the island of Kyushu to be executed in the fall of 1945, and Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu, scheduled for the spring of 1946.
		One of the impacts that this estimate had was in the mind of General Marshall, for he contemplated the possibility of using the newly developed atomic bomb against Japanese forces on Kyushu in support of the invasion instead of against Japanese cities.
		This statement was used in an attempt to differentiate Olympic and Coronet from the bloody island battles in the Pacific.
	darbysrangers.tripod.com /Okinawa/id13.htm (4651 words)

	Maps WWII Pacific Theater 1944-1945
		One of the great naval battles of WWII ensued from the American landings on Leyte as the opponents sought to reinforce units already on Leyte.
		Japan assembled most of its remaining naval assets for the battle and aimed to destroy the US transports bringing military reinforcements to Leyte.
		Admiral Nimitz preferred to forgo occupation of the Philippines in favor of an invasion of Formosa to be followed-up with landings on mainland China.
	www.onwar.com /maps/wwii/pacific2/index2.htm (722 words)

	Chapter XVIII: The Battle Ends
		The 5-day battle for these hills and the fields of coral outcroppings on the surrounding plateau, lasting from 13 to 17 June, was as much like hunting as fighting.
		It was a battle of massed tanks which operated ahead of the usual infantry support, blasting the coral rocks with shell bursts and almost constant machine-gun fire.
		The high cost of the victory was due to the fact that the battle had been fought against a capably led Japanese army of greater strength than anticipated, over difficult terrain heavily and expertly fortified, and thousands of miles from home.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/okinawa/chapter18.htm (5214 words)

	Axis Development of the Atomic Bomb
		The completion of defensive preparations in Kyushu was of the greatest urgency as the initial U.S. attack was almost certain to be directed at that island.
		Air operations against American landings on Kyushu were to be the responsibility of the 5th Naval Air Fleet and 6th Air Army, both under the control of the Air General Army.
		If the preliminary bombardment or early seizure of small islands to the south and southwest of Kyushu definitely indicated an early invasion attempt on southern Kyushu, the 216th Division was to be moved, principally on foot and at night, to the area of Kirishima, northwest of Miyakonojo.
	members.tripod.com /pricegraphicarts/WorldWideTerrorism/id45.htm (9200 words)

	Gempei War
		Somewhat earlier, Yoritomo's uncle Yukiie had taken the field and was to suffer defeat at the hands of Taira Tomomori at the Battle of Sunomata in Mino Province (March 1181).
		There would be no further avenues of retreat should the coming battle go against them, and their earlier defeats no doubt sat havily on their shoulders.
		In a sense, the specifics of the Gempei War - the battles, armies, and tactics - were secondary to the political arena.
	www.samurai-archives.com /Gempeiwar.html (3883 words)

	The Battle of Midway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		After the defeat at Midway, a battle in which four aircraft carriers were lost, he received much criticism.
		Upon the end of the battle, Spruance moved up the ranks again, becoming the Pacific Fleet's Chief-of-Staff, and in the midst of war his responsibilities grew again, as he was soon appointed Commander, 5th Fleet, leading all the
		He is credited for much of the planning for the landings and battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa — two events in which he was able to return to his fleet for the battle.
	www.columbia.edu /~rrc2002/midway/people.htm (2029 words)

	Casualty Projections for the Invasion of Japan; Kyushu, 1945; Truman
		Kyushu having been arranged for, the decision as to further action could be made later.
		If this percentage were applied to the number of troops to be employed in Kyushu, he thought from the similarity of the fighting to be expected, that this would give a good estimate of the casualties to be expected.
		He stated that any blockade of Honshu was completely dependent upon airdromes on Kyushu; that the air plan contemplated employment of 40 groups of heavy bombers against Japan and that these could not be deployed without the use of airfields on Kyushu.
	home.kc.rr.com /casualties (16837 words)

	Naval Battle of Dannoura
		The great naval battle of Dannoura in 1185 was the final climax of a long series of bitter wars of two powerful families in feudal Japan.
		The battle was fought by bows and arrows from ship to ship and in hand-to-hand combat after boarding the enemy ships.
		When the battle was lost for the Taira, many Taira noblemen committed suicide by jumping into the sea and drowning themselves.
	www.artelino.com /articles/naval_battle_dannoura.asp (1011 words)

	SHAFR: March 2003 Newsletter: Needles in the Haystacks
		The authors of the study report “a total of 183,000 troops was made available for the assault phases of the operation.” Given that its source is the United States Army, this figure is authoritative and therefore must be the one used to calculate the casualty percentage figures.
		Thus, from the total battle casualties of 49,151 suffered by all U.S. forces in the battle of Okinawa, one must first subtract the navy total of 9,731 dead and wounded.
		Therefore, mixing battle and nonbattle casualties “can be more distorting than illuminating.”22 That depends on how widely one focuses the lens and where one shines the spotlight.
	www.shafr.org /newsletter/2003/december/kort.htm (3994 words)

	Kyushu and Okinawa Studies - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		We are delighted to announce the launch of Kyushu and Okinawa Studies' first on-line symposium.
		This is the first in a series discussing the history of Kyushu and Okinawa and featuring major academic contributors.
		The Battle of Okinawa and the suicide of Japanese troops and civilians makes for fascinating reading in the International Herald Tribune.
	www.kostudies.com (1620 words)

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		Because Kyushu was not an isolated island far out in the Pacific and with the situation changing daily, U.S. intelligence found it difficult to be 100 percent accurate on Japanese strength.
		Reconnaissance flights over the landing beaches on Kyushu were sporadic, because the main effort of the Strategic Air Forces during the spring of 1945 was the bombing campaign of the Japanese cities.
		The Sixth Army G-2 correctly assessed that the battle for Kyushu was to be the Japanese decisive battle of the war, and that there would be no husbanding of Japanese forces.
	www.fas.org /irp/eprint/arens/chap5.htm (2781 words)

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		Operation Downfall was divided into two major operations, Operation Olympic, the invasion of the island of Kyushu to be executed on October 27 of 1945, and Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu, scheduled for the spring of 1946.
		The landings were to be on two points on the Southeast shore of Kyushu, and one additional point on the Southwest shore.
		The Japanese planned a final battle on Kyushu, defending the beaches at all costs to repel the Americans.
	www.bobhenneman.info /downfall.htm (545 words)

	ESTIMATE OF THE ENEMY SITUATION
		The geographical feature of the central mountain region in Kyushu was assessed to pose a major obstacle in the Japanese coordination of forces between northern and southern Kyushu.
		Enemy strength in northern Kyushu, which was determined as not having a major impact on the assault in the south, was estimated at between 140,000 to 145,000 troops of all classes.
		However, Sixth Army assessed that it was highly probable that an invasion of Kyushu would be regarded by the Japanese as dictating the necessity of a large scale counterattack, possible early, and that the Japanese would resort to defending the beach to fix the attackers while providing for a mobile reserve to counterattack.
	www.fas.org /irp/eprint/arens/chap3.htm (4606 words)

	Scientists, survivors, veterans debate bomb's morality
		The battle for the outlying Japanese island of Okinawa a few months earlier killed at least 12,400 Americans, between 100,000 and 127,000 Japanese soldiers and between 70,000 to 80,000 civilians.
		More people were killed in the battle for the small island than the combined toll of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		The Allies estimated between 63,000 to 250,000 of their men would be killed or wounded in the battle for Kyushu - depending on which historian provides the figures.
	archive.tri-cityherald.com /BOMB/bomb15.html (1120 words)

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	www.very-clever.com /dvd/jdm (1472 words)

	Millet Stern's Bio
		In his fourth year, he served upon the USS Kyushu in the Battle of Wolf 359.
		Stern was trapped in the wreckage of the Niagra as the wreckage of the Kyushu drifted away and was cut in pieces by the Borg.
		He was then promoted to Vice Admiral for his defusing a situation that nearly became the Battle of the Badlands.
	trinity513.tripod.com /stern.html (266 words)

	History of the Japanese Catholic Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		He dreaded the religious influence in politics, and seeing the success in the battle of Kyushu, his suspicion changed into the sense of crisis.
		She had been secretly baptized in Osaka, and maybe that was under the influence of Ukon Takayama who was a good friend of her husband.
		At the battle of Sekigahara, she refused to become a hostage, and hid herself.
	www.pauline.or.jp /history/e-history03.html (1316 words)

	Informat.io on 1281
		October 29 - Mamluk sultan Qalawun defeats an invasion of Syria by Mongol Ilkhan Abaqa Khan at the 2nd Battle of Homs.
		An offensive by the Byzantine Empire significantly reduces the size of the Kingdom of Albania, as it recaptures land seized from the Despotate of Epirus by Charles I of Sicily ten years earlier.
		August 15 - The second Mongol invasion of Japan is foiled at the Battle of Kouan (or Battle of Kyushu) as a large typhoon — famously called a kamikaze, or divine wind — destroys much of the combined Chinese and Korean fleet and forces, numbering over 140,000 men and 4,000 ships.
	www.quaest.io /?title=1281 (273 words)

	Battle of Iwo Jima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The estimates made on the U.S. casualties was underestimated by 80 percent.
		Over third of the total Marines who participated in the invasion were either Killed, Wounded or suffered from Battle Fatigue.
		This would be a strong warning of what was to come with the invasion of Okinawa.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/LUTZ/iwo.html (1319 words)

	Strong Style Spirit ~ Half a decade of New Japan support
		Manabu Nakanishi beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (11:25) with a German suplex hold.
		Tatsuhito Takaiwa won a 7 Man Young Lion Battle Royal (14:43) when he used a grounded Octopus hold on Tokimitsu Ishizawa.
		Hiroshi Hase & Power Warrior beat Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami (25:39) when Power used a modified armlock on Iizuka.
	www.puroresufan.com /njpw/results/kyushu94.php (847 words)

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