Okinawa Part III: Battle for Sugar Loaf [Mission]
Map: Okinawa – 5/18/1945
Gamemode: PushTheFrontline (6 phases)
Invaders: United States (allies)
Defenders: Japan (axis)
Last update: 5/21/2025
"The 6th Marine Division now planned an attack in force on the Sugar Loaf area. The hills there were so small that they did not show up on the standard military map with its 10-meter contour interval. Sugar Loaf and the other hills supporting it were formed in such a way, however, as to offer exceptionally advantageous positions to the enemy. The crest, running generally east-west, curved back slightly at each end, affording the Japanese weapons on the reverse slope excellent protection from American flanking fire as well as from frontal attack. Supporting Sugar Loaf on its right rear was Crescent Hill, also known as Half Moon Hill; on its left rear was the Horseshoe, a long curved ridge harboring many mortar positions. These three hills supported one another, and any attack on Sugar Loaf would bring fire from the others. The Japanese here had excellent fields of fire to the northwest, obstructed only slightly by several tiny humps of ground which had their own reverse-slope defenses. Japanese on Shuri Heights commanded most of the ground."
"During the 10-day period up to and including the capture of Sugar Loaf the 6th Marine Division had lost 2,662 killed or wounded; there were also 1,289 cases of combat fatigue. In the 22d and 29th Marines three battalion commanders and eleven company commanders had been killed or wounded."
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/okinawa/chapter13.htm
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