#ryukyuislands

[omniatlas]

East Asia 72 years ago today: Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa (08 May 1945) http://omniatlas.com/maps/eastasia/19450508/ By now the United States was ready to advance on the Japanese home islands. In February, US forces landed on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, followed two months later by Okinawa in the Ryukyus. In both cases, the Japanese defended ferociously, mounting numerous suicide attacks. The fighting in Okinawa alone saw over 200,000 deaths, including 95% of the Japanese defenders and as much as half of the civilian population. #eastasia #history #welovemaps #1940s #1945 #asiapacificwar #australia #burma #cambodia #chinesecivilwar #chinesehistory #france #greatbritain #indochina #indonesia #iwojima_volcanoislands #japan #japanesehistory #laos #maps #may #may8 #netherlands #russia #ryukyuislands #secondsinojapanesewar #unitedstates #vietnam #worldwarii (at Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima)

[omniatlas]

China 1974: Battle of the Paracel Islands (19 Jan 1974) http://omniatlas.com/maps/china/19740119/ The 1969 Sino-Soviet conflict encouraged the United States to improve relations with the People's Republic of China, leading to the United Nations recognition of the PRC and expulsion of Nationalist China (Taiwan) in 1971. Emboldened by this and the end of US involvement in Vietnam, China seized the disputed Paracel Islands from South Vietnam in 1974, the first of its moves to assert its claims to the islands of the South China Sea. #china #history #welovemaps #1970s #1974 #bangladesh #china #chinesehistory #india #january #january19 #japan #maps #northvietnam #pakistan #paracelislands #ryukyuislands #southvietnam #taiwan #unitednations #unitedstates #vietnam (at Paracel Islands)

[omniatlas]

East Asia 44 years ago today: Paris Peace Accords (27 Jan 1973) http://omniatlas.com/maps/eastasia/19730127/ By the late 1960s, US public opinion had swung strongly against involvement in the Vietnam War, a stance exacerbated when involvement spread to Laos and Cambodia. Meanwhile, the People's Republic of China clashed with the Soviet Union, improving China's relations with the US and eliminating the US fear of a single Communist bloc gaining control of Asia. These factors led to US President Nixon agreeing to withdraw from Vietnam and arranging the Paris Peace Accords, a cease fire between all parties. #eastasia #history #welovemaps #1970s #1973 #bangladesh #boninislands #cambodia #china #chinesehistory #coldwar #january #january27 #japan #japanesehistory #khmerrouge #maps #northvietnam #pakistan #russia #ryukyuislands #southvietnam #taiwan #unitedstates #vietnam (at Hanoi, Vietnam)

[markpickardlife]

My mother's (Nobuko's) original passport: United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands - Government of the United States of America. #ryukyu #ryukyuislands https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwZxtpLmXp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nikekidliem]

After seeing the buffalo-carts images of the sakura country on the web, i wrote it down on my Japan must-do list to examine how different this tropical-animal thing compare to that of my country. #waterbuffalo #🐃 #buffalocart #mustdo #checked✅ #japan #🇯🇵 #nhậtbản #🗾 #okinawalife #ryukyuislands #yaeyama #iriomotejima #yubuisland #islandcrossing #shallowwater #beautifuljapan #tropicalstyle #travelasia #solotraveller #backpackerstory #local #gopropic #lovetogopro #goproview (at 由布島)

[adamhoffsette]

@Regrann from @tama5head - Drunk & dreaming about my home island....#adamhoffsette #wip #collaboration #acrylic #acrylicpaintings #art #artdayeveryday #okinawa #ryukyu #ryukyuislands #myhome #imissyou #painting #kansascitymissouri #kansascityartist #beach #underwater #summer #funwithhusband #fisheye - #regrann (at Kansas City, Missouri)

[thmadethis]

117. Mugen - I've been moving into my new apartment and getting ready for the wedding so things have been pretty hectic. Fortunately I am all caught up with my daily drawings and will be uploading them promptly. - - - #samuraichamploo #mugen #samurai #hiphop #anime #japan #edo #ryukyuislands #animated #animation #character #dailydrawing #illustration #taylorhicksart

[briancastellani]

#CycasRevoluta, is a species of #gymnosperm in the family #Cycadaceae, native to southern #Japan including the #RyukyuIslands. It is one of several species used for the production of #sago, as well as an ornamental #plant. #Wikipedia (at Jacksonville, Florida)