6th Marine Division on Okinawa

The 6th Marine Division on Okinawa is a 1945 Kodachrome color documentary film produced about the action of its 6th Division during the Battle of Okinawa. The film was released shortly after the event. The film begins by outlining the strategic and psychological importance of Okinawa, including its use as a supply base for Japanese forces in Malaya, the Marianas and the Philippines, as well as a "choke hold" over China. It also informs the audience that Okinawa is an actual part of the Japanese homeland, only a few hundred mile from Kyushu. The movements of the units and their order of battle is carefully traced, from the landings on April first to the assault on Naha. Some interesting footage is also shown on life in northern Okinawa...