{"id":88388,"date":"2024-04-08T04:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T08:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=88388"},"modified":"2024-04-07T20:53:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T00:53:09","slug":"the-battle-of-okinawa-begins-ww2-week-293-april-6-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/04\/08\/the-battle-of-okinawa-begins-ww2-week-293-april-6-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of Okinawa Begins &#8211; WW2 &#8211; Week 293 &#8211; April 6, 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3U2efPhNasc?si=fIoBTR2YauDKMdmo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Apr 6, 2024<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the next step toward invading Japan&#8217;s Home Islands &mdash; invading Okinawa, and it begins April 1st. Advances are easy by land, but at sea the <em>kamikaze<\/em> 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 K\u00f6nigsberg and Vienna.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><br \/>\nBetween 2 Wars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Archive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Ian Sowden<br \/>\nWritten by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nResearch by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nMap research by: Sietse Kenter<br \/>\nEdited by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nArtwork and color grading by: Miko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nColorizations by:<br \/>\nMiko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\nJaris Almazani (Artistic Man), <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/artistic.man\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/artistic.man<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\nIWM SE 1628, SE 2203, SE 1931<br \/>\nmil.ru<br \/>\nCaracal Rooikat<br \/>\nhpebley3 on freesound.org<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8220;Easy Target&#8221; &#8211; Rannar Sillard<br \/>\n&#8220;At the Front&#8221; &#8211; Phoenix Tail<br \/>\n&#8220;Dragon King&#8221; &#8211; Jo Wandrini<br \/>\n&#8220;41 clicks from the sun&#8221; &#8211; Hampus Naeselius<br \/>\n&#8220;Live, Fight, Survive&#8221; &#8211; Anthony Earls<br \/>\n&#8220;Leave It All Here&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Other Sides of Glory&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Run and Hide&#8221; &#8211; Philip Ayers<br \/>\n&#8220;Break Free&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;The Hourglass&#8221; &#8211; Jon Bjork<br \/>\n&#8220;Dark Beginning&#8221; &#8211; Johan Hynynen<br \/>\n&#8220;Rush of Blood&#8221; &#8211; Reynard Seidel<br \/>\n&#8220;Shrouded in Conspiracy&#8221; &#8211; Jon Bjork<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s Not a Game&#8221; &#8211; Philip Ayers<br \/>\n&#8220;Wicked Games&#8221; &#8211; Philip Ayers<br \/>\n&#8220;Please Hear Me Out STEMS INSTRUMENTS&#8221; &#8211; Philip Ayers<br \/>\n&#8220;Planting the Seeds&#8221; &#8211; David Celeste<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published Apr 6, 2024 It&#8217;s the next step toward invading Japan&#8217;s Home Islands &mdash; invading Okinawa, and it begins April 1st. Advances are easy by land, but at sea the kamikaze menace is in full swing. 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