4 June 1945
Defense of Oroku
Ota's naval base force defends the Oroku Peninsula after American Marines begin operations against the position.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Oroku in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Ota's naval base force defends the Oroku Peninsula after American Marines begin operations against the position.
Ota dies by suicide as organized resistance by his naval base force collapses on the Oroku Peninsula.
Provenance
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