Individual #Ryukyu_Islands a chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972)
instance of: archipelago
part of: Japan
part: Okinawa the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
part: Okinawa_campaign__Okinawa a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting US marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans
part: Naha_City the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands
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